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What can you boost a stellar veteran squad who have claimed back-to-back titles, including a league-cup double with 30 wins from thirty-two matches?

Bring in a collection of ex- pro players that have played at the elite level of club and global soccer as you pursue additional trophies.

One Manchester side has an non-professional veterans team with nine ex- top-flight players in their active lineup.

Two Hundred Twenty-Two Premier League Goals, Three Hundred Twenty-Five International Caps

Wythenshawe Veterans Over 35s are located in southern the city and play in the Cheshire Vets League Premier Tier.

The lineup this campaign includes nine ex- Premier League players, with a total nearly 1,800 Premier League appearances.

This star-studded team also contains over 220 top division goals and over 320 international caps.

They include one forward, who netted 37 scores in over 100 appearances for his former club after joining them for £9m from Bundesliga club SC Freiburg in 2012.

He made his debut for the team in their most recent home-field game versus defending champions Collegiate Old Boys and scored every one of the six scores in a 6-2 victory - including a half-hour opening period triple.

Wythenshawe's team for this season also features former pros such as English and Liverpool striker Emile Heskey, Hull and Burnley midfielder George Boyd, Toffees forward Oumar Niasse, Wigan defender Maynor Figueroa, Manchester City pair Stephen Ireland and Nedum Onuoha and Premier League championship victors Joleon Lescott and Danny Drinkwater.

Together, the ex- top-flight players have secured fifteen significant honors and moved for total transfer fees of around £123 million.

Household Figures and International Players

Ireland started turning out for the team during preseason this season through close mate and current team player Blake Norton, and the ex- Irish midfielder then asked other ex-pros, who all play in a midweek nine-a-side match, to join in.

Former Senegal forward Oumar Niasse, who netted 12 goals in 65 top-flight games for the Toffees and even now goes to their home games, also made his debut versus Collegiate OB - who are located in the city and use an Blue training kit as their strip.

"My mate Stephen told me 'come and have a game, it's enjoyable'," said Niasse.

"Then he told me we were playing a team from Liverpool and the surprise I had when I saw them wearing Blue shirts - I say this is wrong for me!

"When you still enjoy football and you know you can still play, anywhere you can play, what are you going to choose?

"Those people who turn up and watch are pleased and to give a moment if they watch us playing there and to pose us questions - it's really about the joy of us having a place we can play, with structure of course."

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

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

"I warn my defender 'I'm not staying' and that I'm just going to keep running.

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

Unreal Feeling

In addition to Cisse's 6 goals on his first game, Ireland has netted eight in 3 appearances for the side, while George Boyd scored 5 on his first match and Joleon Lescott, a defender by trade, scored a triple in one match up front.

The team are leading of the Premier Tier with 3 wins from three and a GD of plus nineteen.

Paul Barrow, 38, who features on the wing for the opposition, faced former Wigan defender Maynor Figueroa on Sunday - and had to tell his nine-year-old son who Emile Heskey was.

He has appeared at 2 World Cups for his country, in addition to featuring in more than two hundred Premier League matches.

"It was going round like wildfire they had all these former top-flight stars," remarked Barrow.

"I think I was a bit starstruck playing against Figueroa to be honest.

"Also Emile [Heskey] came on and he's has over 60 English appearances.

"Our side held our own for a good twenty minutes but then we had a player sent off and it was tough.

"Our group really haven't ceased chatting about it - I was calling my mum and sibling on the journey home.

"They were all friendly, shaking our hands after the game - it was like facing a group of regular guys.

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

'We'll Still Take the League'

Andy Kirby coaches the Collegiate vets team, who secured the Premier Tier championship the previous campaign, along with his co-manager.

"We scored 1-0 ahead and had a