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How can you boost a stellar experienced side who have secured consecutive titles, including a double triumph with thirty victories from thirty-two games?

Sign a raft of ex- professionals who have performed at the elite level of club and international football as you pursue further honors.

A Greater Manchester side has an non-professional vets team with 9 former top-flight footballers in their active squad.

222 Premier League Scores, 325 International Appearances

The team Veterans Over 35s are located in southern Manchester and play in the Cheshire Veterans League Top Division.

Their roster this campaign boasts 9 former top-flight footballers, with a combined over 1,800 elite appearances.

This high-profile roster also boasts over 220 Premier League goals and 325 global caps.

They include one forward, who scored thirty-seven scores in over 100 appearances for Newcastle United after moving to them for £9m from German league side SC Freiburg in 2012.

Cisse made his first appearance for the team in their most recent home-field game versus reigning title holders their rivals and scored all six scores in a 6-2 victory - featuring a half-hour opening period hat-trick.

The team for this campaign also includes former pros such as England and Liverpool forward Emile Heskey, Hull and Burnley midfielder George Boyd, Toffees striker Oumar Niasse, Wigan Athletic defender Maynor Figueroa, Manchester City pair Stephen Ireland and Nedum Onuoha and top-flight title victors Joleon Lescott and Danny Drinkwater.

Together, the former Premier League footballers have claimed 15 major trophies and moved for total transfer fees of about £123 million.

Famous Figures and International Stars

Stephen Ireland began turning out for the side in preseason this season through good friend and current team player Blake Norton, and the ex- Republic of Ireland player then invited other ex-pros, who all play in a weekly small-sided match, to participate.

Ex- Senegalese striker Niasse, who scored 12 goals in sixty-five top-flight games for Everton and still attends their matches at Goodison Park, also made his first appearance against Collegiate OB - who are based in Liverpool and wear an Everton training kit as their strip.

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

"After that he told me we were playing a team from the city and the shock I had when I noticed them sporting Blue shirts - I say this is strange for me!

"If you still love football and you know you can still do it, anywhere you can kick a ball, what are you going to choose?

"The people who turn up and watch are pleased and to give someone's day if they watch us playing there and to pose us questions - it's more like the pleasure of us getting a place we can enjoy football, with structure of course."

Such is the squad depth at the club, he made his debut at defender.

"It's a bit different but then, I love running and just go forward - I'm not defending that much," he added.

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

"That movement is what I'm seeking. It's enjoyable."

Unreal Feeling

In addition to the forward's 6 goals on debut, Ireland has netted 8 in three appearances for the side, while Boyd hit five on his first match and Joleon Lescott, a centre-half by position, notched a triple in one game as a striker.

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

Paul Barrow, thirty-eight, who features on the flank for the opposition, faced ex- Latics defender Figueroa on Sunday - and had to explain his young son who Heskey was.

Figueroa has played at two global tournaments for his country, in as well as playing in more than 200 Premier League matches.

"It was going round like a rumor they had these former top-flight stars," remarked the player.

"I felt I was a little starstruck facing him to be honest.

"Also Emile [Heskey] came on and he's has 60-odd England caps.

"Our side competed well for a good twenty mins but then we had a player sent off and it was hard.

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

"The opponents were all really nice, shaking our hands after the game - it was like playing a group of regular fellas.

"Now we are eager for the return fixture."

'We'll Still Win the League'

The manager manages the Collegiate vets side, who won the Premier Division championship the previous campaign, together with his co-manager.

"Our team scored one-nil ahead and had a