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What do you improve a excellent veteran side that have won back-to-back championships, including a double triumph boasting 30 wins from 32 matches?

Bring in a group of ex- pro players who have competed at the elite tier of club and global football as you aim for further honors.

One Greater Manchester team fields an non-professional veterans squad with nine former Premier League footballers in their current lineup.

222 Premier League Goals, 325 Global Appearances

Wythenshawe Veterans Over 35s are located in south the city and play in the Cheshire Veterans Division Top Tier.

The squad list this season boasts 9 ex- top-flight footballers, with a collective over 1,800 elite appearances.

This star-studded squad also boasts 222 top division scores and over 320 international caps.

The squad feature one forward, who scored thirty-seven goals in over 100 appearances for his former club after moving to them for £9m from German league club Freiburg in January 2012.

He had his debut for Wythenshawe in their last home-field game against defending champions their rivals and netted all six goals in a six-two win - including a 32-minute opening period triple.

Wythenshawe's team for this season also includes ex- professionals such as England and Liverpool forward Emile Heskey, Hull City and Burnley midfielder George Boyd, Toffees forward Oumar Niasse, Wigan defender Maynor Figueroa, Manchester City pair Stephen Ireland and Nedum Onuoha and Premier League title victors Joleon Lescott and Danny Drinkwater.

In total, the ex- top-flight players have claimed 15 significant trophies and transferred for combined transfer fees of around £123m.

Household Names and International Players

Stephen Ireland began turning out for the team in preseason this season through good mate and current team teammate Blake Norton, and the former Republic of Ireland player then asked other ex-pros, who all play in a weekly nine-a-side game, to participate.

Ex- Senegalese forward Niasse, who netted twelve scores in sixty-five top-flight games for Everton and still attends their home games, also had his first appearance versus Collegiate OB - who are located in the city and use an Blue warm-up gear as their uniform.

"My friend Stephen told me 'join and have a game, it's enjoyable'," commented the striker.

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

"If you still enjoy the game and you feel you can still do it, wherever you can play, what are you going to do?

"The spectators who come and see are happy and to give a day if they see us playing there and to pose us queries - it's more like the joy of us having somewhere we can play, with structure of course."

So great is the strength in depth at Wythenshawe, Niasse made his debut at defender.

"It's a little different but then, I love running and just go forward - I'm not staying back that much," he said.

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

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

Dreamlike' Scenario

In addition to Cisse's six scores on his first game, Stephen Ireland has scored 8 in three appearances for Wythenshawe, while Boyd scored 5 on his debut match and Joleon Lescott, a defender by position, scored a hat-trick in one game up front.

The team are top of the Top Division with three victories from 3 and a goal difference of +19.

One opponent, 38, who plays on the wing for the opposition, came up against ex- Wigan full-back Maynor Figueroa on Sunday - and had to explain his young boy who Emile Heskey was.

He has appeared at 2 World Cups for his country, in as well as playing in more than 200 top-flight games.

"The news was going round like a rumor they had these ex-Premier League stars," remarked Barrow.

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

"Even Heskey got on and he's has over 60 England caps.

"Our side competed well for a solid twenty minutes but then we had a man dismissed and it was hard.

"We literally have not ceased talking about it - I was phoning my mum and sibling on the way home.

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

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

'We'll Still Take the Title'

Andy Kirby coaches the opposition veterans side, who secured the Premier Division title the previous campaign, together with Paul Maguire.

"We scored one-nil up and had a