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What can you enhance a outstanding veteran squad who have claimed back-to-back championships, including a double triumph with thirty wins from 32 games?

Recruit a collection of former pro players that have competed at the highest tier of club and international football as you aim for more silverware.

A Manchester side boasts an amateur vets squad with nine ex- top-flight players in their current squad.

Two Hundred Twenty-Two Top Division Goals, Three Hundred Twenty-Five Global Appearances

The team Vets Over 35s are based in southern the city and play in the Cheshire-based Vets Division Premier Tier.

Their squad list this campaign features 9 former top-flight players, with a collective over 1,800 elite games.

The high-profile roster also contains over 220 top division goals and over 320 global caps.

The squad include Papiss Cisse, who netted 37 scores in 117 appearances for his former club after joining them for £9m from German league side Freiburg in 2012.

Cisse had his first appearance for Wythenshawe in their last home game versus reigning title holders Collegiate Old Boys and netted all six scores in a 6-2 victory - including a 32-minute first-half hat-trick.

Wythenshawe's roster for this season also features former pros such as England and Liverpool forward Emile Heskey, Hull and Burnley midfielder George Boyd, Toffees forward Oumar Niasse, Wigan full-back Maynor Figueroa, City pair Stephen Ireland and Nedum Onuoha and top-flight title winners Joleon Lescott and Danny Drinkwater.

Together, the ex- Premier League footballers have claimed 15 big trophies and moved for total transfer fees of about £123 million.

Famous Names and Global Stars

Stephen Ireland started turning out for the side in preseason this season through close mate and current team player Blake Norton, and the ex- Republic of Ireland midfielder then asked additional former professionals, who all play in a weekly small-sided game, to join in.

Ex- Senegal forward Niasse, who netted twelve goals in sixty-five Premier League games for Everton and even now attends their matches at Goodison Park, also made his first appearance versus Collegiate OB - who are located in the city and use an Blue warm-up gear as their uniform.

"My friend Stephen Ireland said 'join and play, it's enjoyable'," said the striker.

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

"When you still enjoy the game and you know you can still do it, wherever you can play, what are you going to do?

"Those people who come and watch are happy and to give a moment if they see us competing there and to pose us questions - it's really about the pleasure of us getting somewhere we can play, with organisation of course."

So great is the squad depth at Wythenshawe, he made his debut at full-back.

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

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

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

Unreal Experience

In addition to Cisse's 6 goals on his first game, Ireland has netted 8 in three appearances for Wythenshawe, while George Boyd hit 5 on his first appearance and Lescott, a defender by trade, notched a hat-trick in one match up front.

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

Paul Barrow, thirty-eight, who plays on the wing for the opposition, came up against ex- Wigan defender Maynor Figueroa on the weekend - and had to tell his young boy who Emile Heskey was.

Figueroa has played at 2 World Cups for his country, in as well as playing in over 200 Premier League games.

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

"I think I was a bit awestruck playing against Figueroa to be honest.

"Also Heskey got on and he's got 60-odd English appearances.

"Our side competed well for a solid 20 minutes but then we had a man sent off and it was tough.

"We literally 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 game - it was like facing a bunch of normal guys.

"Now we are eager for the return match."

'We'll Still Win the Title'

The manager manages the opposition vets side, who won the Premier Tier championship the previous campaign, along with his co-manager.

"Our team scored 1-0 up and had a