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What do you enhance a outstanding experienced side who have secured consecutive championships, featuring a league-cup double boasting 30 victories from thirty-two games?

Bring in a collection of ex- professionals who have played at the top level of club and global football as you target further honors.

One Greater Manchester side boasts an non-professional veterans team with nine ex- Premier League players in their active lineup.

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

Wythenshawe Vets Over 35s are based in south Manchester and compete in the Cheshire-based Vets League Top Tier.

Their squad list this campaign features 9 former Premier League footballers, with a collective 1,801 Premier League matches.

This elite roster also boasts over 220 top division goals and over 320 global caps.

They include one forward, who netted thirty-seven goals in 117 appearances for his former club after joining them for nine million pounds from German league club SC Freiburg in 2012.

Cisse had his first appearance for Wythenshawe in their last home-field game versus defending title holders their rivals and scored all six scores in a six-two victory - including a 32-minute opening period hat-trick.

The team for this season also features ex- professionals such as English and Anfield striker Emile Heskey, Hull City and Burnley FC winger George Boyd, Toffees striker Oumar Niasse, Wigan full-back Maynor Figueroa, Manchester City pair Stephen Ireland and Nedum Onuoha and top-flight title winners Joleon Lescott and Danny Drinkwater.

In total, the ex- Premier League players have claimed 15 big trophies and moved for total transfer fees of around £123m.

Household Figures and International Players

Ireland began turning out for the team in pre-season this season through good mate and present team player Blake Norton, and the ex- Irish midfielder then invited additional former professionals, who all compete in a weekly nine-a-side match, to join in.

Ex- Senegal forward Oumar Niasse, who netted twelve scores in 65 top-flight games for Everton and even now goes to their matches at Goodison Park, also had his debut against Collegiate OB - who are based in Liverpool and wear an Everton warm-up gear as their uniform.

"My mate Stephen Ireland told me 'join and have a game, it's enjoyable'," commented the striker.

"After that he told me we were playing a team from the city and the shock I had when I saw them sporting Blue kits - I say this is strange for me!

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

"Those fans who turn up and watch are pleased and to make a moment if they see us competing there and to ask us questions - it's more like the joy of us having a place we can play, with structure of course."

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

"It's a little different but then, I love running and just go inside - I'm not defending that much," he added.

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

"The movement is what I'm after. It's enjoyable."

Dreamlike' Scenario

In addition to the forward's six goals on his first game, Ireland has netted eight in 3 games for the side, while Boyd scored five on his first appearance and Lescott, a centre-half by position, notched a hat-trick in one match up front.

The team are top of the Top Tier with 3 wins from three and a goal difference of plus nineteen.

One opponent, thirty-eight, who plays on the flank for Collegiate OB, faced ex- Wigan defender Maynor Figueroa on the weekend - and had to explain his nine-year-old son who Heskey was.

Figueroa has appeared at 2 global tournaments for Honduras, in as well as featuring in over 200 top-flight matches.

"It was going round like wildfire they had all these former top-flight stars," said Barrow.

"I think I was a little starstruck facing Figueroa to be honest.

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

"We held our own for a good 20 mins but then we had a man sent off and it was tough.

"We really haven't stopped chatting about it - I was calling my mother and brother on the journey home.

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

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

'We'll Still Take the Title'

The manager manages the Collegiate veterans team, who secured the Top Tier title last season, along with Paul Maguire.

"Our team scored one-nil ahead and had a