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What do you improve a stellar experienced squad who have claimed back-to-back championships, including a league-cup double with thirty wins from 32 matches?

Sign a collection of former professionals who have performed at the highest level of club football and international football as you pursue further trophies.

One Manchester side fields an non-professional veterans team with nine ex- Premier League footballers in their active lineup.

Two Hundred Twenty-Two Top Division Goals, Three Hundred Twenty-Five Global Appearances

Wythenshawe Veterans Over-35s are based in southern Manchester and compete in the Cheshire Veterans Division Top Division.

Their roster this season features 9 ex- Premier League footballers, with a total 1,801 top-flight appearances.

This elite squad also contains 222 top division scores and over 320 international appearances.

They include one forward, who notched thirty-seven scores in 117 appearances for Newcastle United after moving to them for £9m from Bundesliga club SC Freiburg in 2012.

Cisse had his first appearance for Wythenshawe in their last home-field match against defending title holders their rivals and netted all six scores in a six-two victory - including a half-hour first-half triple.

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

Collectively, the ex- top-flight footballers have claimed 15 major trophies and transferred for total transfer fees of approximately £123m.

Household Names and International Players

Ireland began playing for the side during preseason this season through close mate and present team player Blake Norton, and the ex- Irish midfielder then invited additional former professionals, who all compete in a weekly small-sided game, to join in.

Former Senegalese forward Oumar Niasse, who netted twelve goals in 65 top-flight games for the Toffees and even now attends their matches at Goodison Park, also made his first appearance versus the opposition - who are based in Liverpool and use an Blue training kit as their strip.

"A friend Stephen told me 'join 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 noticed them wearing Everton shirts - I thought this is strange for me!

"If you still love the game and you feel you can still play, anywhere you can play, what are you going to do?

"The people who turn up and watch are pleased and to make a day if they watch us competing there and to pose us queries - it's really about the joy of us having a place we can play, with organisation of course."

So great is the squad depth at the club, he made his first game at defender.

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

"I tell my defender 'I'm not staying' and that I'm just going to continue attacking.

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

Dreamlike' Feeling

In addition to Cisse's 6 scores on debut, Ireland has netted 8 in three games for the side, while George Boyd scored 5 on his first match and Lescott, a defender by trade, notched a triple in one match up front.

The team are leading of the Premier Division with three wins from three and a GD of plus nineteen.

One opponent, 38, who plays on the flank for the opposition, faced ex- Latics full-back Maynor Figueroa on Sunday - and had to explain his young son who Heskey was.

He 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 wildfire they had all these former top-flight stars," said Barrow.

"I think I was a bit awestruck playing against Figueroa to be honest.

"Even Heskey came on and he's has over 60 England caps.

"Our side held our own for a good 20 mins but then we had a player dismissed and it was tough.

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

"The opponents were all dead sound, shaking our hands after the game - it was like facing a group of regular fellas.

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

We Will Still Take the Title'

Andy Kirby coaches the opposition vets team, who won the Premier Division championship the previous campaign, together with Paul Maguire.

"We scored 1-0 up and had a