Introduce the Weekend Division Club Boasting Over 1,800 Premier League Matches

What can you boost a outstanding veteran team that have secured back-to-back titles, including a league-cup double boasting 30 wins from thirty-two games?

Recruit a raft of former professionals who have competed at the highest tier of club football and global football as you pursue more silverware.

A Manchester side has an amateur veterans team with nine ex- top-flight players in their active squad.

Two Hundred Twenty-Two Premier League Scores, 325 Global Caps

The team Veterans Over-35s are located in southern Manchester and play in the Cheshire-based Veterans League Top Tier.

Their squad list this season includes 9 former Premier League footballers, with a collective over 1,800 Premier League matches.

The elite team also includes over 220 top division goals and over 320 global caps.

The squad feature one forward, who notched thirty-seven goals in 117 games for Newcastle United after joining them for £9m from Bundesliga club Freiburg in 2012.

Cisse had his first appearance for the team in their most recent home-field game versus defending title holders Collegiate Old Boys and scored all six goals in a six-two victory - including a 32-minute first-half triple.

Wythenshawe's team for this campaign also includes former professionals such as England and Liverpool forward Emile Heskey, Hull and Burnley FC winger George Boyd, Toffees striker Oumar Niasse, Wigan Athletic defender Maynor Figueroa, Manchester City pair Stephen Ireland and Nedum Onuoha and Premier League championship winners Joleon Lescott and Danny Drinkwater.

In total, the ex- Premier League footballers have won 15 major trophies and moved for total transfer sums of around £123m.

Household Names and International Players

Stephen Ireland started playing for the team in pre-season this season through good mate and present team teammate Blake Norton, and the former Republic of Ireland midfielder then asked other former professionals, who all compete in a weekly nine-a-side game, to join in.

Former Senegal striker Oumar Niasse, who netted twelve scores in 65 Premier League matches for Everton and still attends their home games, also had his first appearance versus the opposition - who are based in the city and wear an Blue training kit as their strip.

"My friend Stephen said 'join and have a game, it's enjoyable'," commented Niasse.

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

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

"The fans who come and see are pleased and to give a day if they watch us competing there and to ask us queries - it's really about the joy of us having a place we can play, with structure of course."

Such is the strength in depth at Wythenshawe, he made his first game at defender.

"That's a little different but then, I enjoy running and just go inside - I'm not staying back that much," he said.

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

"The movement is what I'm after. It's enjoyable."

'Surreal Experience

Along with the forward's six scores on debut, Ireland has scored eight in three games for the side, while Boyd hit 5 on his debut match and Joleon Lescott, a centre-half by trade, scored a triple in one game as a striker.

The team are top of the Top Tier with three victories from three and a GD of +19.

One opponent, thirty-eight, who features on the flank for the opposition, faced former Wigan defender Maynor Figueroa on Sunday - and had to explain his young boy who Heskey was.

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

"The news was going round like a rumor they had all these ex-Premier League players," said the player.

"I felt I was a little starstruck facing Figueroa to be honest.

"Even Heskey got on and he's got 60-odd England caps.

"Our side held our own for a solid 20 mins but then we had a man dismissed and it was hard.

"Our group literally have not ceased talking about it - I was calling my mother and sibling on the way home.

"The opponents were all really nice, shaking our hands after the game - it was like facing a bunch of normal guys.

"Now we are eager for the return fixture."

'We'll Still Win the Title'

Andy Kirby coaches the opposition veterans side, who secured the Premier Division title the previous campaign, together with Paul Maguire.

"Our team scored 1-0 ahead and had a