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What do you enhance a excellent veteran team who have claimed back-to-back championships, featuring a league-cup double boasting thirty wins from 32 games?

Recruit a collection of former professionals that have competed at the top level of club football and international soccer as you pursue additional trophies.

One Manchester team has an non-professional veterans squad with nine ex- Premier League players in their active roster.

Two Hundred Twenty-Two Top Division Goals, 325 International Caps

The team Veterans Over 35s are situated in south the city and compete in the Cheshire Vets League Premier Tier.

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

The high-profile roster also includes over 220 top division goals and 325 international caps.

They feature one forward, who netted 37 goals in over 100 games for Newcastle United after signing for them for £9m from German league club SC Freiburg in 2012.

Cisse had his first appearance for Wythenshawe in their most recent home match against defending champions their rivals and scored every one of the six scores in a 6-2 victory - including a 32-minute opening period triple.

Wythenshawe's team for this campaign also features ex- professionals such as England and Anfield forward Emile Heskey, Hull and Burnley winger George Boyd, Toffees striker Oumar Niasse, Wigan Athletic full-back Maynor Figueroa, Manchester City duo Stephen Ireland and Nedum Onuoha and Premier League championship victors Joleon Lescott and Danny Drinkwater.

Collectively, the former top-flight footballers have claimed fifteen big trophies and moved for combined transfer fees of around £123m.

Well-Known Figures and International Stars

Ireland started turning out for the team during preseason this season through close mate and present team teammate Blake Norton, and the ex- Republic of Ireland player then asked additional ex-pros, who all compete in a weekly nine-a-side game, to join in.

Former Senegalese striker Niasse, who scored 12 goals in 65 top-flight matches for the Toffees and still attends their home games, also had his debut against Collegiate OB - who are located in Liverpool and wear an Everton warm-up gear as their uniform.

"My friend Stephen told me 'come and play, it's good fun'," commented Niasse.

"After that he informed me we were playing a side from the city and the surprise I had when I saw them wearing Blue kits - I say this is wrong for me!

"If you still love football and you feel you can still play, wherever you can play, what are you going to choose?

"The spectators who turn up and watch are happy and to make someone's day if they see us playing there and to pose us questions - it's really about the pleasure of us getting somewhere we can enjoy football, with organisation of course."

Such is the squad depth at Wythenshawe, Niasse made his debut at defender.

"That's a bit different but then, I enjoy running and just move forward - I'm not defending that much," he added.

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

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

'Surreal Experience

In addition to the forward's 6 goals on his first game, Ireland has scored eight in 3 games for the side, while Boyd hit 5 on his debut appearance and Joleon Lescott, a defender by trade, notched a hat-trick in one game up front.

Wythenshawe are top of the Premier Division with three wins from 3 and a GD of plus nineteen.

One opponent, 38, who plays on the wing for Collegiate OB, faced ex- Latics full-back Figueroa on Sunday - and had to tell his young boy who Heskey was.

Figueroa has played at two global tournaments for Honduras, in as well as playing in over 200 Premier League matches.

"The news was going round like a rumor they had these ex-Premier League stars," remarked Barrow.

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

"Even Emile [Heskey] got on and he's has 60-odd England appearances.

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

"We literally haven't stopped talking about it - I was calling my mum and brother on the way home.

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

"Now we are eager for the return fixture."

'We'll Still Win the League'

The manager coaches the Collegiate veterans team, who won the Premier Division championship the previous campaign, along with Paul Maguire.

"We scored one-nil ahead and had a