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What do you boost a outstanding veteran squad who have secured back-to-back championships, featuring a league-cup double with 30 wins from thirty-two games?

Recruit a group of ex- pro players that have played at the elite level of club football and international football as you target further honors.

One Greater Manchester team fields an non-professional vets team with nine ex- top-flight players in their present roster.

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

Wythenshawe Vets Over-35s are located in southern the city and compete in the Cheshire Veterans League Top Division.

The lineup this campaign features nine former Premier League footballers, with a combined over 1,800 elite games.

This star-studded team also boasts over 220 top division goals and over 320 international appearances.

The squad feature Papiss Cisse, who scored thirty-seven scores in over 100 appearances for Newcastle United after moving to them for £9m from Bundesliga side Freiburg in January 2012.

He made his debut for Wythenshawe in their last home game versus defending champions Collegiate Old Boys and scored every one of the six scores in a six-two win - including a 32-minute opening period triple.

Wythenshawe's roster for this campaign also includes former professionals such as England and Liverpool striker Emile Heskey, Hull City and Burnley FC midfielder George Boyd, Toffees striker 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- Premier League players have won 15 significant trophies and transferred for total transfer sums of approximately £123 million.

Household Figures and Global Stars

Ireland began playing for the team during preseason this summer through good mate and current team teammate Blake Norton, and the ex- Republic of Ireland midfielder then asked other former professionals, who all play in a weekly nine-a-side game, to join in.

Ex- Senegal striker Oumar Niasse, who scored twelve goals in sixty-five top-flight matches for Everton and even now goes to their home games, also made his debut versus the opposition - who are located in the city and wear an Everton warm-up gear as their uniform.

"A mate Stephen said 'come and play, it's good fun'," commented Niasse.

"After that he told me we were facing a side from Liverpool and the surprise I had when I noticed them sporting Everton shirts - I thought this is strange for me!

"When you still love the game and you feel you can still do it, wherever you can play, what are you going to choose?

"The fans who come and watch are pleased and to give a moment if they see us playing there and to pose us queries - it's really about the pleasure of us having somewhere we can enjoy football, with structure of course."

So great is the squad depth at Wythenshawe, he made his debut at full-back.

"That's a bit different but then, I enjoy sprinting and just go forward - I'm not staying back that much," he said.

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

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

Dreamlike' Feeling

In addition to Cisse's six goals on his first game, Ireland has scored eight in 3 appearances for the side, while George Boyd hit five on his first match and Joleon Lescott, a centre-half by trade, scored a triple in one match up front.

The team are leading of the Top Tier with three victories from three and a goal difference of plus nineteen.

Paul Barrow, 38, who plays on the wing for the opposition, came up against former Wigan defender Maynor Figueroa on the weekend - and had to explain his young boy who Emile Heskey was.

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

"It was spreading like wildfire they had all these ex-Premier League 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.

"Our side competed well for a solid 20 minutes but then we had a player sent off and it was hard.

"We literally have not stopped talking about it - I was phoning my mother and sibling on the journey home.

"The opponents were all friendly, shaking our hands after the match - it was like playing a bunch of normal fellas.

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

We Will Still Take the Title'

The manager coaches the opposition veterans team, who secured the Top Tier championship last season, together with his co-manager.

"Our team scored 1-0 up and had a