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What do you boost a outstanding experienced squad that have won consecutive titles, featuring a double triumph with thirty wins from 32 games?

Recruit a group of ex- pro players who have played at the top tier of club and global football as you aim for further trophies.

A Manchester side boasts an amateur veterans team with 9 ex- Premier League footballers in their present roster.

Two Hundred Twenty-Two Premier League Scores, 325 International Appearances

Wythenshawe Vets Over 35s are based in southern the city and compete in the Cheshire Veterans Division Premier Tier.

The lineup this season features 9 former top-flight players, with a total 1,801 top-flight games.

The high-profile team also boasts over 220 top division goals and over 320 global caps.

They feature Papiss Cisse, who scored 37 goals in over 100 games for Newcastle United after joining them for £9m from Bundesliga side SC Freiburg in January 2012.

Cisse made his first appearance for Wythenshawe in their last home-field game versus defending champions their rivals and netted every one of the six goals in a six-two victory - featuring a 32-minute opening period hat-trick.

Wythenshawe's squad for this season also includes former pros such as England and Anfield striker Emile Heskey, Hull City and Burnley winger George Boyd, Toffees forward Oumar Niasse, Wigan defender Maynor Figueroa, City pair Stephen Ireland and Nedum Onuoha and top-flight championship victors Joleon Lescott and Danny Drinkwater.

Collectively, the ex- top-flight players have won fifteen significant trophies and moved for combined transfer sums of about £123 million.

Well-Known Figures and International Players

Stephen Ireland started playing for the side during preseason this summer through good mate and current team teammate Blake Norton, and the ex- Irish midfielder then invited other former professionals, who all compete in a midweek small-sided match, to join in.

Former Senegal striker Niasse, who scored twelve scores in 65 top-flight matches for the Toffees and even now attends their home games, also made his first appearance versus the opposition - who are located in Liverpool and wear an Blue training kit as their strip.

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

"Then he told me we were playing a side from the city and the surprise I had when I noticed them sporting Everton shirts - I say this is wrong 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 turn up and watch are pleased and to make a moment if they see us playing there and to ask us questions - it's really about the pleasure of us having a place we can enjoy football, with structure of course."

Such is the bench strength at the club, Niasse had his first game at defender.

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

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

"That movement is what I'm looking for. It's good fun."

Dreamlike' Feeling

In addition to Cisse's 6 goals on his first game, Ireland has netted eight in three appearances for Wythenshawe, while Boyd scored five on his debut match and Lescott, a defender by position, notched a triple in one game up front.

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

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

He has appeared at 2 World Cups for his country, in addition to featuring in over 200 Premier League games.

"The news was going round like wildfire they had these former top-flight players," said the player.

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

"Even Heskey came on and he's has over 60 English appearances.

"We held our own for a good twenty mins but then we had a player sent off and it was hard.

"We really have not stopped chatting about it - I was phoning my mum and brother on the way home.

"The opponents were all really nice, shaking our hands after the match - it was like playing a bunch of normal guys.

"Now we are eager for the second match."

We Will Still Win the League'

The manager coaches the opposition veterans team, who secured the Top Tier championship the previous campaign, together with Paul Maguire.

"Our team scored one-nil up and had a