Town boss Mick McCarthy says he’ll proudly display the title 'greatest living Yorkshireman' on his desk should he win the poll currently being run by the Daily Telegraph.

The Blues manager is currently well clear of the other contenders in the poll the paper started after prime minister David Cameron bestowed the title on former foreign secretary William Hague earlier in the week.

The Telegraph's other nominees are Geoffrey Boycott, Michael Palin, Jarvis Cocker, David Hockney, Alan Bennett and Patrick Stewart.

“Somebody told me about it,” McCarthy laughed. “A friend of mine sent me a message yesterday telling me she’d just voted for me as the greatest living Yorkshireman. I said ‘That’s very kind of you, but I’m against some stiff opposition in that one!’.

“We’ll see. I tell you what, if I win it, it’ll be on my desk, I can tell you that. I’ll be having it on my door!”

He added: “Some people might not see being the greatest living Yorkshireman as a compliment! But I’ll take it if I win it anyway!”

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Daz added 08:33 - Oct 4 If you win Mick it will be because of town fans voting for you
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itfcserbia added 10:46 - Oct 4 Somebody write to The Telegraph and tell them to change the man's picture - he's a Blue now!
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yorksblue added 11:28 - Oct 4 Boycott should get the award for saying the bleeding obvious.
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jas0999 added 11:58 - Oct 4 He still has 48% of the vote this morning!
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TimmyH added 12:29 - Oct 4 Jarvis Cocker !?! - hahahahahaha!! - surely it's got to be one of the chuckle brothers.
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rayman_10 added 13:02 - Oct 4 Brian Blessed?
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yorksblue added 14:07 - Oct 4 Dickie Bird or Michael Parkinson. 2 more Barnsley 'Dingles' to go with MM. Dickie's on Calendar News whenever they run out of stories.
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commuterblue added 14:20 - Oct 4 I've always been a MM fan, but I think it's safe to say if the Tory party conference was a few weeks earlier when the twtd mood music was somewhat different the vote might have been somewhat different....
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Crock added 18:36 - Oct 4 Is Yorkshire in Ireland?
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DerbyBlue68 added 17:52 - Oct 5 At three, before the game Micks nose pointed to the six Sometime, during the game Micks nose accidentally took a kick At five, after the game Micks nose pointed between the 5 and 4 'I used to follow my nose' says Mick 'But now I go in circles, so I don't do it anymore!' Mick is the greatest Yorkshireman, and he NOSE what he's doing!
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