Meet this Weekend Division Team Boasting Nearly Two Thousand Top-Flight Matches

How do you improve a outstanding veteran squad who have claimed back-to-back titles, including a double triumph with thirty victories from thirty-two games?

Bring in a collection of ex- professionals who have played at the highest tier of club and global soccer as you aim for further silverware.

One Manchester club has an amateur vets team with 9 ex- Premier League players in their active lineup.

Two Hundred Twenty-Two Top Division Goals, Three Hundred Twenty-Five International Caps

The team Veterans Over 35s are located in southern Manchester and play in the Cheshire Vets Division Top Tier.

Their squad list this campaign includes nine ex- top-flight footballers, with a combined 1,801 top-flight games.

The high-profile team also includes over 220 Premier League goals and 325 global appearances.

They include Papiss Cisse, who netted 37 goals in over 100 games for Newcastle United after signing for them for £9m from Bundesliga club Freiburg in 2012.

He made his debut for Wythenshawe in their last home-field game against reigning champions their rivals and netted every one of the six scores in a six-two victory - featuring a half-hour first-half hat-trick.

Wythenshawe's team for this season also features ex- professionals such as England and Anfield striker Emile Heskey, Hull City and Burnley FC winger George Boyd, Toffees forward Oumar Niasse, Wigan Athletic defender Maynor Figueroa, City duo Stephen Ireland and Nedum Onuoha and top-flight title victors Joleon Lescott and Danny Drinkwater.

In total, the ex- Premier League players have secured fifteen major trophies and transferred for total transfer fees of around £123 million.

Famous Names and Global Stars

Ireland started playing for the team in pre-season this summer through good mate and present team teammate Blake Norton, and the former Irish player then invited other ex-pros, who all play in a midweek nine-a-side game, to join in.

Former Senegalese striker Oumar Niasse, who scored twelve scores in 65 Premier League matches for the Toffees and still goes to their home games, also had his first appearance versus the opposition - who are based in Liverpool and use an Everton training kit as their strip.

"My mate Stephen Ireland said 'come and play, it's a laugh'," said the striker.

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

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

"The fans who turn up and see are pleased and to give someone's moment if they watch us competing there and to ask us questions - it's more like the joy of us getting a place we can enjoy football, with structure of course."

So great is the strength in depth at the club, Niasse made his debut at full-back.

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

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

"The running is what I'm looking for. It's enjoyable."

Unreal Feeling

In addition to Cisse's six scores on debut, Stephen Ireland has netted 8 in 3 appearances for Wythenshawe, while Boyd hit 5 on his first appearance and Joleon Lescott, a centre-half by trade, notched a triple in one match up front.

Wythenshawe are top of the Top Division with 3 victories from 3 and a GD of +19.

Paul Barrow, thirty-eight, who plays on the flank for Collegiate OB, faced former Wigan defender Maynor Figueroa on the weekend - and had to explain his young boy who Heskey was.

Figueroa has played at 2 global tournaments for his country, in as well as playing in over 200 Premier League matches.

"The news was going round like a rumor they had all these former top-flight players," said Barrow.

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

"Also Emile [Heskey] got on and he's has 60-odd English caps.

"Our side competed well for a solid twenty mins but then we had a player sent off and it was tough.

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

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

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

We Will Still Win the Title'

The manager coaches the Collegiate veterans side, who secured the Premier Tier title last season, together with Paul Maguire.

"Our team went 1-0 up and had a