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What do you boost a excellent veteran team that have secured consecutive titles, including a double triumph boasting 30 wins from 32 games?

Recruit a raft of ex- pro players who have played at the elite level of club football and global soccer as you pursue additional trophies.

One Greater Manchester club has an amateur veterans team with nine former top-flight footballers in their current roster.

222 Premier League Scores, 325 International Caps

Wythenshawe Vets Over 35s are based in southern Manchester and play in the Cheshire Veterans Division Premier Division.

Their roster this campaign includes nine ex- top-flight footballers, with a total 1,801 Premier League matches.

The star-studded team also boasts 222 top division scores and 325 international appearances.

The squad include one forward, who scored thirty-seven scores in over 100 games for his former club after moving to them for £9m from Bundesliga side SC Freiburg in 2012.

He had his debut for the team in their last home match versus reigning champions Collegiate Old Boys and netted every one of the six scores in a six-two win - featuring a half-hour opening period hat-trick.

The team for this campaign also includes ex- pros such as England and Anfield forward Emile Heskey, Hull 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.

Collectively, the ex- Premier League players have won fifteen major honors and moved for combined transfer fees of approximately £123m.

Well-Known Names and Global Players

Stephen Ireland began playing for the side during preseason this season through close friend and current team player Blake Norton, and the former Republic of Ireland player then asked additional former professionals, who all compete in a weekly small-sided game, to join in.

Former Senegal forward Oumar Niasse, who scored twelve goals in 65 top-flight matches for Everton and still attends their home games, also made his first appearance against Collegiate OB - who are located in the city and wear an Blue warm-up gear as their strip.

"My mate Stephen Ireland said 'come and play, it's enjoyable'," said Niasse.

"Then he informed me we were facing a team from Liverpool and the surprise I had when I noticed them wearing Everton kits - I say this is strange for me!

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

"Those people who turn up and watch are happy and to give someone's moment if they see us competing there and to pose us questions - it's more like the pleasure of us having somewhere we can enjoy football, with organisation of course."

So great is the bench strength at the club, Niasse made his first game at full-back.

"That's a little unusual but then, I enjoy running and just go inside - I'm not defending that much," he added.

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

"The running is what I'm seeking. It's good fun."

Unreal Experience

In addition to Cisse's 6 goals on debut, Stephen Ireland has netted eight in three games for the side, while Boyd scored five on his debut appearance and Joleon Lescott, a centre-half by trade, notched a hat-trick in one match as a striker.

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

One opponent, thirty-eight, who features on the wing for Collegiate OB, came up against ex- Latics defender Figueroa on Sunday - and had to explain his young son who Emile Heskey was.

He has played at two World Cups for his country, in as well as playing in over 200 Premier League matches.

"The news was spreading like a rumor they had these former top-flight stars," remarked Barrow.

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

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

"Our side competed well for a good 20 mins but then we had a player dismissed and it was hard.

"Our group literally haven't ceased talking about it - I was phoning my mum and sibling on the journey home.

"The opponents 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 fixture."

'We'll Still Win the Title'

Andy Kirby coaches the Collegiate vets side, who secured the Premier Tier championship the previous campaign, together with Paul Maguire.

"We went one-nil ahead and had a