Off Topic Need some help from Sunderland fans for MAN v FAT Football

Morning lads - this might be a bit off topic but I could really do with some help from Sunderland fans.

Basically, I run MAN v FAT Football which as the name would suggest are football leagues for men who want to lose weight. Our leagues are exclusively for guys whose BMI is higher than 27.5. We play a 14 week league (the Sunderland one is at Raich Carter) and have teams of 10 who play a 30 minute game each week. The unique thing about the games are that players weigh in before and they earn goal bonuses for their individual and team weight loss. That's added to the pitch scores and that's how we decide our games.

There's a quick video explainer here:

I'm passionate about supporting men who want to lose weight because I've struggled with my own weight all my life. I know how miserable I've been at my fattest and there's naff all help out there for normal blokes who want to lose weight. So I started MAN v FAT in 2014 and now we support more than a million men per year on our site and forum (www.manvfat.com).

The MAN v FAT Football leagues started in January 2016 and we now have more than 4,500 players who between them have lost nearly 50 tons. We're bringing the leagues to Sunderland in September and as I said it's completely free for players to join (there's a £10 deposit which they get back, it's just to make sure that they'll turn up - 95% of players lose weight and I'd absolutely love to get the league full. We're also launching a Newcastle league and that's nearly full with 80 players. Sunderland is so far seeming to be much harder to fill though. I'm wondering if any locals could give me their thoughts on where we need to be looking for guys who might join up? Or any suggestions really!

 

Im in.

 

Dags?

 

Dem jawdees like dem dags..


What is the average weight, size, age in this league?


Im a chieseled adonis, (but inside is just dust).

 

You're a skinny bugger though aren't you? There'll be no brucey bonus points from you!

 

Average weight varies massively but the average BMI is about 31. Average age is around 30-40, but we have players who are 16 and players who are 72.

Where do you think we should be looking to let potential Sunderland players know about the leagues?

 

We havnt all got sevants serving us afternoon tea Mee Lordship.

 

There are less Greggs in Sunderland than Newcastle. That's why they're fatter buggers and need more help!

 

Rtg is the biggest safc forum mate..

Load of mental bastards like. But its a massive forum.

 

Haha! Right - will investigate RTG. Anywhere offline that might be worth a look?

 

Take a cosh and wait outside jamesons pub...press gang all the fat smelly tramps...look for one with Monty tattooed on his forehead.

 

That big massive fat gutted twat that the cameras always pick up at the mag games should join.
Him that always has his shirt off. Or Jimmy 5 bellies.

 

Coshing isn't my style. I'm much more the type to sneak in a kidney punch or shin kick and run away when the melee is in full swing.

 

Arr. You have seen byker grove.

@Billy the Bastard likes Ant and Dec. He wants to bot both.

 

Pissflap & Spunken. Canny lads.

 

Afternoon tea! Heathen!

One refers to it as Tiffin actually old chap.

 

Clotted cream and scones?

The fatties would love them.. Does the latest Mrs Hurley partake in afternoon delights?

 

My BMI is 35.8 at the moment.

 

Are we still talking about cream and scones?

 

That's ok - one season of MAN v FAT Football and we could have you close to being overweight rather than obese. Your insurance premiums would come down and everything.