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How do you enhance a stellar experienced side that have won consecutive titles, including a league-cup double with thirty wins from thirty-two games?

Recruit a collection of ex- pro players that have performed at the highest tier of club and international soccer as you aim for further honors.

A Manchester side has an amateur vets squad with 9 former top-flight footballers in their active squad.

Two Hundred Twenty-Two Premier League Scores, 325 International Appearances

The team Veterans Over-35s are situated in south Manchester and compete in the Cheshire-based Veterans Division Premier Tier.

Their squad list this season includes 9 former top-flight players, with a collective over 1,800 top-flight matches.

The star-studded roster also includes 222 Premier League goals and over 320 global appearances.

They feature one forward, who notched thirty-seven goals in over 100 appearances for his former club after moving to them for nine million pounds from Bundesliga club Freiburg in 2012.

He made his first appearance for Wythenshawe in their last home-field match against defending champions their rivals 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- professionals such as England and Liverpool forward 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 top-flight championship victors Joleon Lescott and Danny Drinkwater.

In total, the former Premier League footballers have claimed 15 significant trophies and moved for combined transfer sums of about £123 million.

Well-Known Names and Global Players

Ireland began turning out for the team during preseason this summer through close mate and current team teammate Blake Norton, and the ex- Republic of Ireland midfielder then invited other ex-pros, who all compete in a midweek nine-a-side match, to participate.

Ex- Senegalese forward Niasse, who scored twelve scores in 65 Premier League matches for Everton and even now goes to their matches at Goodison Park, also had his debut versus Collegiate OB - who are located in the city and wear an Everton warm-up gear as their strip.

"My mate Stephen Ireland said 'join and play, it's a laugh'," commented the striker.

"After that he informed me we were facing a team from Liverpool and the surprise I had when I saw them sporting Blue shirts - I say this is strange for me!

"If you still love football and you feel you can still do it, anywhere you can kick a ball, what are you going to choose?

"The fans who come and watch are pleased and to make a day if they see us playing there and to ask us queries - it's more like the pleasure of us getting somewhere we can play, with structure of course."

So great is the squad depth at the club, Niasse made his debut at full-back.

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

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

"That running is what I'm seeking. It's enjoyable."

Unreal Scenario

In addition to the forward's 6 goals on debut, Stephen Ireland has netted eight in three games for Wythenshawe, while George Boyd scored 5 on his first match and Joleon Lescott, a centre-half by trade, scored a hat-trick in one game as a striker.

Wythenshawe are leading of the Top Tier with 3 wins from three and a goal difference of +19.

Paul Barrow, 38, who features on the wing for Collegiate OB, faced former Latics full-back Figueroa on the weekend - and had to explain his young boy who Heskey was.

He has played at two global tournaments for Honduras, in addition to playing in over two hundred Premier League matches.

"It was spreading like a rumor they had these ex-Premier League players," remarked Barrow.

"I felt I was a bit awestruck playing against him to be honest.

"Even Heskey got on and he's got over 60 England appearances.

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

"Our group literally haven't 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 regular guys.

"Now we are eager for the return fixture."

'We'll Still Win the Title'

The manager coaches the Collegiate veterans side, who secured the Top Division title the previous campaign, together with Paul Maguire.

"Our team went one-nil ahead and had a