Football: Home-Going Mccarthy Rules Out Favours From Free-Scoring Tykes ; Coca-Cola Championship

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Wolverhampton Wanderers manager Mick McCarthy heads back to familiar territory at Oakwell today to take on home-town club Barnsley - but he won't be expecting the 'red carpet' treatment, writes Ged Scott.

Barnsley-born McCarthy admits to still having a soft spot for the team he followed as a boy and whose shirt he proudly wore for eight seasons after joining them as a 16-year-old apprentice. But his last two visits as a manager, with Millwall in the mid-1990s, ended in heavy defeats. He's not expecting any favours from a free-scoring, unpredictable Tykes outfit.

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Football: Home-Going Mccarthy Rules Out Favours From Free-Scoring Tykes ; Coca-Cola Championship

"There'll be no fattening the calf for me," McCarthy said. "I generally get a fairly warm welcome as I played 272 league...

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