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How do you improve a outstanding veteran squad that have claimed consecutive titles, including a double triumph boasting thirty wins from thirty-two games?

Bring in a raft of ex- professionals who have competed at the top tier of club football and global football as you target further honors.

A Manchester side fields an non-professional veterans squad with 9 former top-flight footballers in their present lineup.

Two Hundred Twenty-Two Premier League Scores, 325 Global Appearances

The team Vets Over 35s are located in southern the city and play in the Cheshire Vets League Premier Division.

The squad list this campaign boasts nine ex- top-flight footballers, with a combined nearly 1,800 Premier League matches.

This star-studded team also boasts 222 Premier League scores and 325 global appearances.

They feature Papiss Cisse, who netted thirty-seven scores in over 100 appearances for his former club after moving to them for £9m from German league side SC Freiburg in January 2012.

Cisse made his debut for Wythenshawe in their most recent home match versus defending title holders Collegiate Old Boys and netted all six goals in a six-two victory - featuring a 32-minute first-half triple.

The team for this season also includes former professionals such as England and Anfield striker Emile Heskey, Hull and Burnley midfielder George Boyd, Toffees striker Oumar Niasse, Wigan full-back Maynor Figueroa, City pair Stephen Ireland and Nedum Onuoha and top-flight championship victors Joleon Lescott and Danny Drinkwater.

In total, the former top-flight players have secured fifteen major trophies and transferred for combined transfer fees of approximately £123m.

Household Figures and Global Players

Ireland began turning out for the team during pre-season this summer through good friend and present team player Blake Norton, and the ex- Republic of Ireland midfielder then asked additional former professionals, who all play in a midweek small-sided match, to participate.

Ex- Senegalese forward Niasse, who scored 12 scores in 65 top-flight matches for the Toffees and still attends their matches at Goodison Park, also made his debut versus the opposition - who are based in Liverpool and wear an Blue warm-up gear as their strip.

"A mate Stephen told me 'come and play, it's enjoyable'," said Niasse.

"After that he told me we were playing a side from Liverpool and the shock I had when I noticed them wearing Blue shirts - I thought this is strange for me!

"If you still love football and you feel you can still play, wherever you can play, what are you going to choose?

"Those fans who turn up and watch are pleased and to give someone's day if they watch us competing there and to ask us queries - it's really about the joy of us having somewhere we can play, with organisation of course."

Such is the bench strength at the club, he had his first game at full-back.

"It's a bit unusual but then, I love running and just move inside - I'm not defending that much," he added.

"I warn my defender 'I'm not hanging back' and that I'm just going to continue running.

"The running is what I'm seeking. It's good fun."

'Surreal Feeling

Along with Cisse's 6 scores on his first game, Ireland has scored 8 in three games for the side, while Boyd hit 5 on his first appearance and Lescott, a centre-half by position, scored a triple in one game as a striker.

Wythenshawe are top of the Premier Division with 3 victories from three and a goal difference of +19.

Paul Barrow, 38, who plays on the flank for Collegiate OB, came up against ex- Latics full-back Maynor Figueroa on the weekend - and had to explain his young boy who Emile Heskey was.

Figueroa has appeared at two global tournaments for Honduras, in as well as featuring in over two hundred Premier League games.

"The news was spreading like a rumor they had all these former top-flight players," remarked Barrow.

"I felt I was a little awestruck playing against Figueroa to be honest.

"Also Heskey got on and he's has over 60 English caps.

"We held our own for a solid twenty minutes but then we had a player dismissed and it was hard.

"Our group really haven't stopped talking about it - I was phoning my mum and sibling on the way home.

"The opponents were all dead sound, shaking our hands after the match - it was like facing a group of regular fellas.

"Now we can't wait for the second match."

'We'll Still Take the League'

The manager coaches the Collegiate vets team, who secured the Premier Tier championship last season, together with his co-manager.

"Our team scored one-nil ahead and had a