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What do you boost a excellent veteran team that have claimed back-to-back championships, featuring a double triumph boasting thirty wins from thirty-two games?

Sign a group of ex- professionals who have played at the highest tier of club and international football as you pursue more trophies.

A Greater Manchester team fields an non-professional vets squad with 9 ex- Premier League footballers in their current lineup.

Two Hundred Twenty-Two Premier League Goals, Three Hundred Twenty-Five Global Caps

Wythenshawe Veterans Over 35s are located in south the city and play in the Cheshire-based Vets League Premier Tier.

Their roster this season boasts nine ex- top-flight players, with a total over 1,800 top-flight games.

The elite squad also includes 222 top division scores and 325 global appearances.

They feature one forward, who scored 37 scores in 117 games for his former club after moving to them for £9m from Bundesliga side Freiburg in 2012.

He made his first appearance for the team in their most recent home game against defending champions Collegiate Old Boys and netted every one of the six goals in a six-two victory - including a half-hour first-half hat-trick.

Wythenshawe's squad for this season also features ex- pros such as English and Anfield striker Emile Heskey, Hull and Burnley winger George Boyd, Everton 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 former Premier League players have won 15 big honors and moved for combined transfer fees of approximately £123 million.

Household Names and Global Stars

Ireland started playing for the team in pre-season this season through close friend and current team player Blake Norton, and the ex- Irish player then asked additional ex-pros, who all play in a weekly small-sided match, to join in.

Former Senegal striker Niasse, who netted twelve scores in 65 Premier League matches for the Toffees and still attends their home games, also had his debut against the opposition - who are based in the city and use an Everton warm-up gear as their uniform.

"My friend Stephen Ireland told me 'join and play, it's a laugh'," said the striker.

"Then he informed me we were facing a side from Liverpool and the shock I had when I saw them sporting Blue shirts - I thought this is wrong for me!

"If 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 come and watch are pleased and to make a day if they see us competing there and to pose us queries - it's really about the pleasure of us getting somewhere we can enjoy football, with structure of course."

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

"It's a little different but then, I love sprinting and just move inside - I'm not staying back that much," he added.

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

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

Unreal Scenario

Along with the forward's 6 scores on debut, Stephen Ireland has netted eight in 3 games for the side, while Boyd scored 5 on his first appearance and Lescott, a defender by position, notched a triple in one game up front.

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

One opponent, 38, who plays on the flank for Collegiate OB, faced ex- Wigan full-back Maynor Figueroa on the weekend - and had to tell his nine-year-old son who Emile Heskey was.

Figueroa has played at 2 global tournaments for his country, in addition to playing in more than 200 Premier League matches.

"The news was spreading like wildfire they had all these ex-Premier League players," remarked the player.

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

"Also Heskey got on and he's has over 60 English caps.

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

"Our group really have not stopped chatting about it - I was calling my mother and brother on the journey home.

"They were all friendly, shaking our hands after the match - it was like playing a bunch of normal guys.

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

We Will Still Win the Title'

Andy Kirby manages the opposition vets team, who won the Premier Division title last season, together with his co-manager.

"We went 1-0 up and had a