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What can you enhance a excellent veteran squad who have claimed consecutive titles, featuring a double triumph boasting thirty victories from 32 games?

Recruit a collection of former professionals that have competed at the top level of club football and international football as you pursue more silverware.

One Greater Manchester team has an non-professional vets squad with nine ex- top-flight players in their current roster.

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

Wythenshawe Veterans Over 35s are based in south Manchester and compete in the Cheshire Vets League Premier Division.

Their squad list this season features 9 ex- Premier League players, with a combined over 1,800 elite games.

The high-profile squad also includes 222 top division goals and 325 international caps.

The squad include one forward, who notched 37 goals in 117 games for Newcastle United after moving to them for £9m from German league side SC Freiburg in January 2012.

Cisse had his debut for Wythenshawe in their last home game versus defending champions their rivals and netted every one of the six goals in a six-two victory - featuring a 32-minute first-half triple.

The squad for this campaign also includes former pros such as English and Anfield striker Emile Heskey, Hull City and Burnley midfielder George Boyd, Everton striker Oumar Niasse, Wigan Athletic full-back Maynor Figueroa, City pair Stephen Ireland and Nedum Onuoha and Premier League title victors Joleon Lescott and Danny Drinkwater.

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

Household Figures and International Stars

Stephen Ireland started turning out for the team in pre-season this summer through good mate and current team player Blake Norton, and the ex- Republic of Ireland midfielder then invited additional former professionals, who all compete in a weekly nine-a-side game, to join in.

Ex- Senegal striker Oumar Niasse, who netted 12 goals in sixty-five Premier League games for the Toffees and still attends their home games, also had his first appearance versus the opposition - who are based in Liverpool and use an Everton training kit as their uniform.

"My mate Stephen told me 'join and have a game, it's good fun'," commented Niasse.

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

"If you still enjoy the game and you know you can still play, wherever you can kick a ball, what are you going to do?

"The spectators who turn up and watch are pleased and to give a day if they see us playing there and to ask us queries - it's more like the joy of us getting somewhere we can play, with organisation of course."

Such is the squad depth at Wythenshawe, he had his debut at defender.

"It's a little unusual but then, I enjoy running and just go 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 keep attacking.

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

'Surreal Scenario

Along with the forward's 6 goals on debut, Ireland has netted eight in three games for Wythenshawe, while George Boyd hit 5 on his first appearance and Joleon Lescott, a centre-half by trade, notched a triple in one match as a striker.

Wythenshawe are top of the Top Division with three victories from 3 and a GD of plus nineteen.

One opponent, 38, who plays on the flank for the opposition, came up against former Wigan full-back Maynor Figueroa on Sunday - and had to tell his nine-year-old boy who Emile Heskey was.

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

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

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

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

"We competed well for a solid 20 mins but then we had a player dismissed and it was hard.

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

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

"Now we are eager for the second fixture."

'We'll Still Win the League'

The manager coaches the Collegiate veterans team, who secured the Premier Tier championship last season, along with Paul Maguire.

"Our team scored 1-0 up and had a