A woman’s attempts to track down a man she met in a bar by placing an advert on the front page of a local newspaper have so far proved unsuccessful.

The woman, known only as Amanda, put an advert on the front of the Scunthorpe Telegraph in the hope of tracking down a man she had met at a bar in Huddersfield following a Scunthorpe United away game.

In its latest edition the Telgraph reports: “As the Telegraph went to press, Amanda was still waiting for her dream man to contact her. But her search has proved a big talking point among United supporters.”

The Telegraph interviewed a number of people from local supporters clubs but none of them knew who the mystery man might be.

Steve King, chairman of the Huddersfield Town Supporters’ Association, told the paper: “The club had one person propose to somebody on the field before a game on Valentine’s Day once but I have never, ever seen anything like this.

“Obviously, we live very sheltered lives in Huddersfield.”

Amanda’s mission to find her man also caused a stir on the paper’s Twitter page with people from Aberdeen to Stoke-on-Trent having their say.

And the advert also led senior figures in the newspaper industry to comment on her front page quest for love.