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What do you boost a excellent veteran side that have won consecutive titles, including a double triumph with 30 victories from thirty-two matches?

Recruit a raft of former pro players who have played at the elite level of club football and global football as you aim for more honors.

One Manchester side boasts an non-professional veterans team with 9 ex- top-flight footballers in their current roster.

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

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

The roster this campaign includes nine former top-flight players, with a total over 1,800 elite matches.

The high-profile roster also contains over 220 Premier League goals and 325 international caps.

The squad feature Papiss Cisse, who scored thirty-seven scores in 117 games for his former club after moving to them for nine million pounds from German league club Freiburg in 2012.

He made his first appearance for the team in their last home-field match versus defending champions their rivals and scored every one of the six goals in a 6-2 win - including a half-hour first-half hat-trick.

Wythenshawe's squad for this campaign also includes ex- professionals such as English and Liverpool striker Emile Heskey, Hull City and Burnley winger George Boyd, Everton striker Oumar Niasse, Wigan Athletic full-back Maynor Figueroa, Manchester City duo Stephen Ireland and Nedum Onuoha and top-flight championship victors Joleon Lescott and Danny Drinkwater.

Collectively, the ex- Premier League footballers have claimed 15 significant honors and transferred for total transfer fees of about £123 million.

Famous Names and International Players

Stephen Ireland started playing for the side during pre-season this season through close mate and present Wythenshawe player Blake Norton, and the former Irish player then invited other former professionals, who all play in a weekly nine-a-side game, to participate.

Ex- Senegalese striker Oumar Niasse, who scored twelve scores in sixty-five Premier League games for the Toffees and still attends their home games, also had his debut against the opposition - who are located in the city and wear an Blue warm-up gear as their uniform.

"A mate Stephen Ireland said 'come and have a game, it's enjoyable'," said the striker.

"Then he told me we were facing a side from the city and the shock I had when I noticed them wearing Blue kits - I thought this is wrong for me!

"If you still love football and you feel you can still play, anywhere you can kick a ball, what are you going to do?

"Those spectators who turn up and watch are happy and to make a day if they watch us playing there and to ask us questions - it's more like the pleasure of us having somewhere we can enjoy football, with structure of course."

Such is the squad depth at Wythenshawe, he made his first game at full-back.

"It's a little unusual but then, I enjoy sprinting and just go forward - I'm not defending that much," he said.

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

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

Dreamlike' Feeling

Along with the forward's six goals on debut, Stephen Ireland has netted eight in 3 appearances for Wythenshawe, while George Boyd scored five on his first match and Joleon Lescott, a defender by position, scored a hat-trick in one match as a striker.

The team are top of the Premier Division with 3 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 Figueroa on Sunday - and had to tell his nine-year-old boy who Heskey was.

Figueroa has played at 2 World Cups for his country, in addition to playing in over two hundred Premier League matches.

"The news was going round like wildfire they had these ex-Premier League players," said Barrow.

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

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

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

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

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

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

'We'll Still Win the Title'

The manager manages the Collegiate vets side, who secured the Top Division title the previous campaign, together with his co-manager.

"Our team went 1-0 up and had a