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What do you boost a stellar experienced side that have secured consecutive championships, including a double triumph with thirty victories from thirty-two matches?

Bring in a collection of former professionals that have played at the highest tier of club football and international soccer as you aim for additional trophies.

One Manchester side fields an amateur veterans team with 9 ex- top-flight footballers in their active squad.

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

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

The roster this season features 9 former top-flight players, with a total over 1,800 elite appearances.

The star-studded roster also boasts over 220 top division scores and 325 international caps.

They feature one forward, who scored thirty-seven goals in over 100 appearances for his former club after moving to them for nine million pounds from German league club SC Freiburg in 2012.

Cisse made his first appearance for Wythenshawe in their most recent home match versus defending title holders their rivals and scored every one of the six scores in a 6-2 victory - featuring a half-hour opening period hat-trick.

The squad for this season also features former professionals such as England and Anfield striker Emile Heskey, Hull City and Burnley FC winger George Boyd, Toffees striker Oumar Niasse, Wigan Athletic full-back Maynor Figueroa, Manchester City pair Stephen Ireland and Nedum Onuoha and Premier League championship winners Joleon Lescott and Danny Drinkwater.

In total, the former Premier League footballers have won 15 big trophies and transferred for total transfer sums of around £123 million.

Famous Figures and International Players

Ireland began turning out for the side in preseason this summer through close friend and current team teammate Blake Norton, and the ex- Irish player then asked additional former professionals, who all play in a weekly small-sided match, to join in.

Ex- Senegal striker Oumar Niasse, who netted 12 scores in 65 Premier League matches for Everton and even now attends their home games, also made his first appearance versus Collegiate OB - who are based in Liverpool and use an Blue training kit as their strip.

"My friend Stephen said 'come and have a game, it's a laugh'," said Niasse.

"Then he told me we were playing a side 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 football and you know you can still play, anywhere you can play, what are you going to choose?

"The spectators who come and see are happy and to give a moment if they see us competing there and to ask us questions - it's really about the joy of us getting a place we can play, with structure of course."

Such is the bench strength at the club, he made his debut at defender.

"It's a little unusual but then, I enjoy running and just move forward - I'm not defending that much," he said.

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

"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 3 appearances for Wythenshawe, while George Boyd hit five on his debut appearance and Joleon Lescott, a centre-half by position, scored a hat-trick in one game as a striker.

The team are top of the Premier Tier with 3 victories from 3 and a goal difference of plus nineteen.

One opponent, thirty-eight, who plays on the flank for Collegiate OB, faced ex- Latics full-back Figueroa on Sunday - and had to tell his nine-year-old son who Heskey was.

He has appeared at 2 global tournaments for his country, in as well as playing in over 200 Premier League games.

"It was going round like a rumor they had these ex-Premier League players," said Barrow.

"I think I was a little starstruck playing against Figueroa to be honest.

"Even Heskey came on and he's got over 60 English appearances.

"Our side held our own for a solid 20 minutes but then we had a player sent off and it was tough.

"Our group really haven't stopped talking about it - I was phoning my mum and brother on the way home.

"They were all friendly, shaking our hands after the game - it was like playing a group of regular guys.

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

We Will Still Win the Title'

Andy Kirby coaches the Collegiate veterans team, who secured the Top Tier championship the previous campaign, together with his co-manager.

"Our team went 1-0 up and had a