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What do you boost a excellent experienced squad who have claimed back-to-back titles, featuring a double triumph boasting 30 wins from thirty-two games?

Sign a raft of ex- pro players that have played at the elite tier of club and global football as you target further honors.

One Greater Manchester side has an non-professional veterans squad with nine ex- top-flight footballers in their active lineup.

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

Wythenshawe Veterans Over 35s are situated in southern the city and compete in the Cheshire Veterans League Top Tier.

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

This elite squad also contains over 220 top division goals and over 320 global caps.

The squad feature one forward, who netted thirty-seven scores in over 100 games for Newcastle United after joining them for £9m from Bundesliga club SC Freiburg in 2012.

He made his first appearance for the team in their most recent home match versus defending champions their rivals and scored every one of the six scores in a six-two win - featuring a 32-minute opening period triple.

The team for this season also features former professionals such as England and Anfield forward Emile Heskey, Hull and Burnley FC midfielder George Boyd, Toffees forward Oumar Niasse, Wigan defender Maynor Figueroa, City duo Stephen Ireland and Nedum Onuoha and top-flight championship victors Joleon Lescott and Danny Drinkwater.

In total, the ex- top-flight footballers have won fifteen major honors and moved for total transfer sums of around £123m.

Famous Names and International Players

Ireland began playing for the team during preseason this summer through good mate and present team player Blake Norton, and the former Republic of Ireland midfielder then invited additional ex-pros, who all compete in a weekly nine-a-side game, to join in.

Ex- Senegal forward Niasse, who netted 12 scores in 65 top-flight games for the Toffees and still goes to their matches at Goodison Park, also had his debut versus Collegiate OB - who are based in the city and use an Blue warm-up gear as their uniform.

"A friend Stephen Ireland said 'come and play, it's a laugh'," said the striker.

"Then he told me we were playing a team from Liverpool and the shock I had when I saw them wearing Blue kits - I say this is strange for me!

"When you still enjoy football and you feel you can still play, anywhere you can play, what are you going to do?

"Those spectators who come and watch are pleased and to make someone's moment if they see us playing there and to ask us queries - it's more like the joy of us having somewhere we can enjoy football, with organisation of course."

So great is the squad depth at Wythenshawe, he made his debut at defender.

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

"I tell my defender 'I'm not hanging back' and that I'm just going to continue attacking.

"That running is what I'm looking for. It's enjoyable."

Unreal Scenario

In addition to Cisse's six scores on his first game, Ireland has netted eight in 3 appearances for Wythenshawe, while Boyd hit five on his debut match and Joleon Lescott, a centre-half by position, scored a hat-trick in one game up front.

Wythenshawe are top of the Top Division with 3 wins from 3 and a goal difference of plus nineteen.

Paul Barrow, 38, who plays on the flank for Collegiate OB, faced ex- Wigan full-back Figueroa on Sunday - and had to explain his nine-year-old son who Emile Heskey was.

Figueroa has appeared at two global tournaments for Honduras, in addition to featuring in over 200 top-flight games.

"It was spreading like wildfire they had these former top-flight stars," said the player.

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

"Even Heskey came on and he's got 60-odd England appearances.

"We competed well for a good 20 minutes but then we had a man dismissed and it was tough.

"Our group literally have not stopped chatting about it - I was phoning my mum and sibling on the journey home.

"They were all dead sound, shaking our hands after the match - it was like facing a group of normal guys.

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

We Will Still Win the Title'

Andy Kirby manages the Collegiate veterans team, who won the Top Tier title last season, along with Paul Maguire.

"We went 1-0 up and had a