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What do you boost a excellent veteran squad that have won consecutive championships, featuring a double triumph with thirty victories from 32 matches?

Bring in a collection of ex- pro players that have competed at the elite tier of club football and global football as you pursue more honors.

One Greater Manchester club has an non-professional vets squad with 9 ex- Premier League footballers in their current roster.

Two Hundred Twenty-Two Top Division Scores, 325 Global Caps

The team Veterans Over-35s are based in south the city and play in the Cheshire Veterans League Premier Tier.

The roster this campaign includes 9 former Premier League players, with a collective 1,801 elite games.

The elite team also includes 222 Premier League goals and over 320 international appearances.

The squad include one forward, who netted 37 scores in 117 games for Newcastle United after signing for them for £9m from German league side Freiburg in January 2012.

He had his first appearance for Wythenshawe in their most recent home-field game versus reigning title holders Collegiate Old Boys and netted all six scores in a six-two win - including a half-hour first-half hat-trick.

Wythenshawe's squad for this season also features former pros such as England and Anfield forward 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 winners Joleon Lescott and Danny Drinkwater.

In total, the former top-flight footballers have won fifteen big trophies and transferred for total transfer sums of approximately £123 million.

Household Names and Global Stars

Stephen Ireland began turning out for the side during preseason this summer through close mate and present Wythenshawe teammate Blake Norton, and the former Republic of Ireland midfielder then invited additional former professionals, who all compete in a midweek nine-a-side match, to join in.

Ex- Senegal striker Oumar Niasse, who scored 12 scores in 65 Premier League matches for the Toffees and even now attends their matches at Goodison Park, also had his debut against the opposition - who are based in Liverpool and wear an Blue training kit as their strip.

"A friend Stephen Ireland told me 'come and play, it's good fun'," commented Niasse.

"After that he informed me we were facing a side from the city and the surprise I had when I saw them sporting Blue shirts - I say this is strange for me!

"If you still enjoy football and you know you can still do it, anywhere you can play, what are you going to do?

"Those fans who come and watch are pleased and to give someone's day if they watch us competing there and to pose us queries - it's more like the joy of us having a place we can play, with organisation of course."

Such is the strength in depth at Wythenshawe, he had his first game at defender.

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

"I tell my centre-back 'I'm not staying' and that I'm just going to continue running.

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

Unreal Experience

Along with the forward's six goals on his first game, Stephen Ireland has netted eight in 3 appearances for the side, while George Boyd hit 5 on his first match and Joleon Lescott, a defender by position, scored a triple in one match as a striker.

Wythenshawe are leading of the Top Division with 3 victories from three and a goal difference of plus nineteen.

Paul Barrow, thirty-eight, who plays on the flank for Collegiate OB, faced ex- Latics defender Figueroa on the weekend - and had to tell his nine-year-old son who Heskey was.

He has played at two global tournaments for Honduras, in as well as playing in more than 200 Premier League matches.

"The news was spreading like a rumor they had these ex-Premier League players," remarked Barrow.

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

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

"We competed well for a solid twenty minutes but then we had a player dismissed and it was hard.

"Our group literally haven't ceased chatting about it - I was calling my mother and brother on the way home.

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

"Now we are eager for the return fixture."

'We'll Still Take the League'

The manager manages the opposition vets side, who secured the Premier Division title the previous campaign, along with his co-manager.

"We went one-nil up and had a