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What can you boost a outstanding veteran squad that have won consecutive titles, including a double triumph with 30 victories from 32 games?

Bring in a raft of ex- professionals that have played at the elite level of club football and international soccer as you aim for more honors.

A Manchester side fields an non-professional vets squad with 9 former Premier League players in their present lineup.

222 Premier League Scores, 325 Global Caps

The team Veterans Over-35s are located in southern Manchester and compete in the Cheshire Veterans Division Top Tier.

The roster this campaign includes 9 ex- Premier League footballers, with a total 1,801 Premier League appearances.

The high-profile roster also contains 222 top division goals and over 320 international caps.

They include Papiss Cisse, who notched thirty-seven goals in 117 games for Newcastle United after moving to them for nine million pounds from German league club SC Freiburg in January 2012.

He made his debut for the team in their last home match against defending title holders their rivals and netted every one of the six scores in a six-two victory - including a 32-minute first-half triple.

Wythenshawe's team for this campaign also features ex- professionals such as England and Liverpool forward Emile Heskey, Hull City and Burnley midfielder George Boyd, Toffees striker Oumar Niasse, Wigan Athletic full-back Maynor Figueroa, City duo Stephen Ireland and Nedum Onuoha and Premier League title victors Joleon Lescott and Danny Drinkwater.

In total, the ex- Premier League footballers have claimed fifteen significant trophies and moved for total transfer sums of about £123m.

Well-Known Figures and International Players

Stephen Ireland began turning out for the side in preseason this summer through close mate and current team player Blake Norton, and the former Irish player then asked additional ex-pros, who all compete in a midweek small-sided match, to join in.

Former Senegal striker Niasse, who scored 12 goals in 65 top-flight games for Everton and even now attends their matches at Goodison Park, also had his debut against Collegiate OB - who are located in the city and use an Blue warm-up gear as their strip.

"A friend Stephen told me 'join and play, it's good fun'," said the striker.

"After that he informed me we were playing a side from Liverpool and the shock I had when I saw them wearing Blue shirts - I say this is wrong for me!

"When you still love the game and you know you can still play, anywhere you can play, what are you going to do?

"Those spectators who come and watch are pleased and to make a moment if they see us playing there and to pose us questions - it's more like the joy of us getting a place we can enjoy football, with structure of course."

So great is the squad depth at Wythenshawe, he had his debut at defender.

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

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

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

Unreal Experience

Along with the forward's six goals on debut, Stephen Ireland has netted 8 in 3 games for Wythenshawe, while Boyd hit five on his debut match and Lescott, a centre-half by position, notched a triple in one match up front.

The team are leading of the Top Division with 3 wins from 3 and a goal difference of plus nineteen.

One opponent, thirty-eight, who plays on the wing for the opposition, faced former Wigan full-back Maynor Figueroa on Sunday - and had to tell his nine-year-old son who Emile Heskey was.

He has played at 2 global tournaments for Honduras, in addition to playing in over two hundred top-flight games.

"The news was going round like wildfire they had all these former top-flight players," said the player.

"I felt I was a bit awestruck facing him to be honest.

"Even Emile [Heskey] came on and he's got over 60 England caps.

"We competed well for a solid twenty minutes but then we had a man sent off and it was tough.

"We really haven't ceased chatting about it - I was phoning my mother and brother on the journey home.

"The opponents were all really nice, shaking our hands after the match - it was like facing a bunch of regular guys.

"Now we can't wait for the return fixture."

We Will Still Win the Title'

Andy Kirby coaches the Collegiate vets side, who won the Premier Division title last season, together with Paul Maguire.

"We scored 1-0 ahead and had a