Leeds United mad Yorkshire family create incredible Marcelo Bielsa pumpkin

A Leeds United mad Yorkshire family have gone viral on social media - after creating an incredible Marcelo Bielsa pumpkin.
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Kirsty Middleton and her family from York are all huge Leeds United fans.

So when they needed to create a unique entry for a pumpkin competition, there was only one option.

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Kirsty said she started with his hair and glasses before the idea 'snowballed' - with the final design incorporating both binoculars and Bielsa's signature bucket.

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Marcelo Bielsa pumpkin

Speaking to the Yorkshire Evening Post, Kirsty said: "I hadn’t seen it anywhere else.

"We have an annual family pumpkin competition every year.

"[We] had been trying to think of something fairly simple but different.

"We are all massive Leeds fans and came up with the idea of doing Bielsa."

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Marcelo Bielsa pumpkin
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Kirsty said she found some children's binoculars and a bucket to finish off the design.

However, she was left disappointed after discovering the judge of the competition doesn't follow the football.

Kirsty added: "That was the end of that!"

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