Introduce this Weekend Division Club Featuring Nearly Two Thousand English Top Division Appearances

How do you improve a outstanding veteran side that have secured consecutive titles, featuring a double triumph boasting 30 wins from 32 games?

Bring in a collection of ex- pro players who have played at the elite level of club and international soccer as you pursue more trophies.

One Manchester team has an non-professional vets team with 9 ex- Premier League footballers in their present squad.

222 Premier League Scores, 325 International Caps

The team Vets Over-35s are based in south the city and compete in the Cheshire-based Vets League Premier Tier.

The lineup this campaign boasts 9 ex- top-flight footballers, with a total nearly 1,800 elite matches.

This star-studded team also boasts 222 Premier League goals and 325 global caps.

The squad include one forward, who notched 37 goals in over 100 appearances for his former club after joining them for £9m from Bundesliga side Freiburg in 2012.

He made his debut for Wythenshawe in their most recent home match versus defending title holders Collegiate Old Boys and netted every one of the six goals in a 6-2 win - featuring a half-hour opening period triple.

Wythenshawe's squad for this season also features ex- pros such as English and Anfield striker Emile Heskey, Hull and Burnley FC midfielder George Boyd, Everton striker Oumar Niasse, Wigan defender Maynor Figueroa, City pair Stephen Ireland and Nedum Onuoha and Premier League title winners Joleon Lescott and Danny Drinkwater.

In total, the ex- Premier League players have won fifteen major trophies and moved for combined transfer fees of around £123m.

Household Names and International Stars

Ireland began playing for the team in preseason this season through close mate and current Wythenshawe teammate Blake Norton, and the former Irish midfielder then invited additional former professionals, who all play in a weekly small-sided game, to join in.

Ex- Senegalese forward Oumar Niasse, who netted twelve goals in sixty-five Premier League matches for Everton and still attends their matches at Goodison Park, also had his debut against Collegiate OB - who are located in the city and wear an Blue warm-up gear as their uniform.

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

"After that he informed me we were facing a side from Liverpool and the surprise I had when I saw them wearing Everton shirts - I say this is wrong for me!

"If you still enjoy the game and you know you can still play, anywhere you can play, what are you going to choose?

"The fans who turn up and see are happy and to give a day if they see us playing there and to pose us questions - it's really about the joy of us having somewhere we can play, with organisation of course."

So great is the strength in depth at Wythenshawe, Niasse had his first game at defender.

"It's a little unusual but then, I love running and just move inside - I'm not staying back that much," he said.

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

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

'Surreal Experience

Along with the forward's six goals on debut, Ireland has scored eight in three appearances for the side, while George Boyd scored 5 on his debut match and Lescott, a defender by trade, notched a hat-trick in one game as a striker.

Wythenshawe are top of the Top Tier with 3 victories from three and a goal difference of plus nineteen.

Paul Barrow, thirty-eight, who features on the flank for Collegiate OB, faced ex- Latics defender Maynor Figueroa on the weekend - and had to tell his nine-year-old son who Emile Heskey was.

Figueroa has played at two global tournaments for his country, in as well as featuring in more than 200 Premier League matches.

"It was spreading like wildfire they had all these ex-Premier League players," remarked Barrow.

"I think I was a bit starstruck playing against him to be honest.

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

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

"We literally haven't ceased chatting about it - I was phoning my mother and sibling on the journey home.

"They were all dead sound, shaking our hands after the match - it was like playing a bunch of regular guys.

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

'We'll Still Take the League'

Andy Kirby manages the Collegiate veterans team, who secured the Premier Tier championship last season, together with his co-manager.

"We went 1-0 ahead and had a