Sign up through MAN v FAT Football with Aintree picked as your club. If the league is full you go on the waiting list.

Men's Weight Loss in Liverpool - MAN v FAT Football Aintree

Q: Do I need to be good at football?

No. The scoring system means your weight loss matters as much as your skill.

How our weight loss football league works

Pitch goals

Five-a-side on Thursday nights. Every goal scored on the night counts, like any other league.

Scales goals

The weigh-in before kick-off. Players who lose weight add goals for their team; players who gain weight cost them. Every 5% of your starting weight you lose is a milestone.

Tracking

Log your food in any food tracking app through the week and your team picks up tracking points.

Final score

Pitch goals plus scales goals plus tracking. A team can lose on the pitch and still win the match at the scales. That's why the Overall table can look different from the Pitch table.

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About MAN v FAT Aintree

MAN v FAT Aintree is a football league for men who want to lose weight and get fitter. It runs on the MAN v FAT format, where results are decided on the pitch and on the scales. You don't need to be good at football, and you don't need to be fit to start. You just need to turn up on a Thursday and give it a go.

A football league built around weight loss

Every match night starts with a weigh-in. Players who lose weight earn goals for their team, and players who put weight on cost them. Then it's 5-a-side football. The final score adds both together, so a team can lose the game and still win the night because they lost more weight. You play for your teammates as well as yourself, which is what keeps people coming back.

Where and when we play

We play every Thursday evening at Goals Liverpool North, 151 Park Lane, Netherton, Liverpool L30 1QQ. Weigh-ins from 7:30pm, kick-offs at 8pm and 8:30pm. There are 4 teams, and each season runs for around fifteen weeks with a league and a cup: league nights and cup nights take turns, and the top two in the cup group meet in the cup final. Every league table, result and winner since Season 1 is on this site.

Between match nights

Our news section has weight loss tips and advice to help between Thursdays, and the gallery has photos from the pitch, the trophies and the players who've hit their milestones.

Joining the club

Who can join MAN v FAT Aintree?

Men who want to lose weight. MAN v FAT Football is for men with a BMI of 27.5 or above, whatever your fitness level.

Do I need to be good at football?

No. Plenty of our players hadn't kicked a ball in years before they joined. The scoring system means your weight loss matters as much as your skill.

When and where do you play?

Thursday evenings at Goals Liverpool North, 151 Park Lane, Netherton, Liverpool L30 1QQ. Weigh-ins from 7:30pm, kick-offs at 8pm and 8:30pm.

Is it five-a-side?

Yes. Games are 5-a-side on an all-weather pitch, and each team plays once a night.

How do I join?

Sign up through MAN v FAT Football using the Join button on this page, with Aintree picked as your club. If the league is full you'll go on the waiting list and be offered a place when one comes up.