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What can you enhance a excellent veteran team that have claimed consecutive titles, featuring a league-cup double with thirty wins from 32 games?

Recruit a raft of former pro players who have played at the highest level of club and international soccer as you aim for more honors.

A Greater Manchester club boasts an non-professional vets squad with 9 ex- Premier League footballers in their present lineup.

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

Wythenshawe Veterans Over 35s are situated in south the city and play in the Cheshire Veterans Division Top Tier.

The roster this campaign features nine former Premier League players, with a collective 1,801 Premier League games.

This elite squad also boasts 222 Premier League scores and 325 international appearances.

The squad feature Papiss Cisse, who netted thirty-seven scores in over 100 appearances for Newcastle United after signing for them for £9m from Bundesliga club Freiburg in 2012.

Cisse made his debut for Wythenshawe in their most recent home-field game versus reigning champions their rivals and netted every one of the six scores in a six-two victory - featuring a 32-minute first-half hat-trick.

Wythenshawe's roster for this campaign also features ex- professionals such as England and Liverpool forward Emile Heskey, Hull and Burnley FC winger George Boyd, Everton forward Oumar Niasse, Wigan defender Maynor Figueroa, City pair Stephen Ireland and Nedum Onuoha and Premier League championship victors Joleon Lescott and Danny Drinkwater.

Together, the ex- top-flight footballers have secured fifteen significant trophies and moved for total transfer sums of around £123 million.

Well-Known Figures and Global Stars

Stephen Ireland began playing for the side during preseason this season through good mate and current team player Blake Norton, and the former Irish player then asked additional ex-pros, who all compete in a weekly nine-a-side game, to join in.

Ex- Senegal forward Niasse, who netted twelve scores in 65 Premier League matches for Everton and even now attends their matches at Goodison Park, also had his first appearance versus Collegiate OB - who are based in Liverpool and use an Blue training kit as their strip.

"My mate Stephen Ireland told me 'come and have a game, it's enjoyable'," said Niasse.

"Then he informed me we were facing a team from Liverpool and the shock I had when I saw them wearing Blue kits - I thought this is wrong for me!

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

"Those people who come and see are pleased and to make a moment if they watch us competing there and to pose us queries - it's more like the pleasure of us getting a place we can enjoy football, with structure of course."

So great is the bench strength at the club, Niasse had his debut at defender.

"It's a bit unusual but then, I enjoy running and just move forward - I'm not staying back that much," he added.

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

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

Dreamlike' Scenario

In addition to Cisse's six scores on his first game, Stephen Ireland has scored 8 in 3 appearances for the side, while Boyd scored 5 on his debut match and Joleon Lescott, a centre-half by position, scored a hat-trick in one match up front.

The team are top of the Premier Division with 3 victories from 3 and a goal difference of +19.

Paul Barrow, 38, who features on the wing for the opposition, faced ex- Wigan defender Maynor Figueroa on Sunday - and had to explain his nine-year-old son who Emile Heskey was.

Figueroa has played at 2 global tournaments for Honduras, in addition to featuring in over 200 top-flight matches.

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

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

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

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

"Our group literally haven't ceased chatting about it - I was calling my mum and sibling on the journey home.

"They were all friendly, shaking our hands after the game - it was like facing a bunch of regular guys.

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

We Will Still Win the Title'

The manager coaches the opposition veterans team, who won the Top Division championship last season, together with Paul Maguire.

"Our team scored 1-0 ahead and had a