Introduce this Weekend Division Squad With Nearly Two Thousand Premier League Matches

What do you improve a outstanding experienced squad that have claimed back-to-back championships, including a double triumph with thirty victories from 32 matches?

Recruit a group of former professionals that have performed at the top tier of club and international soccer as you aim for additional trophies.

One Manchester side boasts an non-professional veterans team with nine former Premier League players in their present squad.

222 Premier League Scores, 325 Global Caps

The team Vets Over 35s are situated in southern the city and compete in the Cheshire Vets Division Premier Division.

The squad list this season boasts 9 ex- Premier League players, with a collective over 1,800 Premier League matches.

This star-studded team also boasts over 220 top division goals and 325 global appearances.

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

He made his first appearance for the team in their most recent home match against defending title holders their rivals and scored all six goals in a 6-2 victory - including a half-hour opening period triple.

Wythenshawe's team for this campaign also includes former pros such as English and Liverpool forward Emile Heskey, Hull and Burnley FC midfielder George Boyd, Toffees forward Oumar Niasse, Wigan defender Maynor Figueroa, City pair Stephen Ireland and Nedum Onuoha and top-flight title victors Joleon Lescott and Danny Drinkwater.

In total, the ex- Premier League footballers have claimed fifteen big honors and transferred for combined transfer sums of around £123 million.

Household Figures and Global Stars

Stephen Ireland began turning out for the side during preseason this summer through good friend and present team teammate Blake Norton, and the ex- Republic of Ireland midfielder then invited additional ex-pros, who all compete in a midweek small-sided match, to join in.

Ex- Senegal striker Oumar Niasse, who scored twelve goals in sixty-five top-flight games for the Toffees and even now attends their matches at Goodison Park, also had his first appearance versus the opposition - who are located in the city and use an Everton training kit as their strip.

"A mate Stephen said 'come and play, it's good fun'," said the striker.

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

"When you still love the game and you feel you can still play, anywhere you can kick a ball, what are you going to choose?

"Those spectators who turn up and see are pleased and to make someone's day if they watch us playing there and to ask us queries - it's really about the pleasure of us getting a place we can enjoy football, with organisation of course."

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

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

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

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

Dreamlike' Scenario

In addition to Cisse's 6 scores on debut, Ireland has netted 8 in 3 appearances for Wythenshawe, while George Boyd hit five on his first match and Joleon Lescott, a defender by position, scored a hat-trick in one match as a striker.

The team are top of the Top Division with 3 victories from three and a GD of plus nineteen.

Paul Barrow, 38, who features on the wing for the opposition, came up against ex- Latics defender Maynor Figueroa on the weekend - and had to explain his nine-year-old son who Heskey was.

He has appeared at two World Cups for his country, in addition to playing in over 200 Premier League games.

"It was going round like wildfire they had all these former top-flight stars," said the player.

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

"Also Emile [Heskey] came on and he's has over 60 English appearances.

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

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

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

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

'We'll Still Take the Title'

Andy Kirby coaches the Collegiate vets side, who secured the Premier Division title last season, along with Paul Maguire.

"We went 1-0 ahead and had a