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What do you boost a outstanding veteran side that have won back-to-back championships, including a double triumph with 30 wins from 32 games?

Bring in a group of ex- professionals that have played at the elite tier of club and global soccer as you pursue more trophies.

One Greater Manchester team boasts an amateur veterans squad with 9 ex- Premier League footballers in their active squad.

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

Wythenshawe Vets Over-35s are situated in south Manchester and play in the Cheshire-based Veterans Division Top Division.

The lineup this season includes nine former Premier League footballers, with a collective 1,801 elite appearances.

The high-profile squad also boasts over 220 Premier League scores and over 320 international appearances.

They feature Papiss Cisse, who scored thirty-seven goals in 117 appearances for Newcastle United after moving to them for nine million pounds from German league side Freiburg in January 2012.

He made his debut for Wythenshawe in their most recent home game against defending title holders Collegiate Old Boys and scored every one of the six goals in a 6-2 victory - including a 32-minute opening period triple.

The roster for this season also includes former pros such as England and Anfield striker Emile Heskey, Hull City and Burnley winger George Boyd, Everton striker Oumar Niasse, Wigan Athletic defender Maynor Figueroa, City duo Stephen Ireland and Nedum Onuoha and top-flight title victors Joleon Lescott and Danny Drinkwater.

In total, the ex- Premier League footballers have won fifteen significant trophies and transferred for combined transfer fees of around £123m.

Famous Names and Global Stars

Stephen Ireland began turning out for the side during preseason this season through good friend and current Wythenshawe player Blake Norton, and the ex- Irish player then asked other ex-pros, who all compete in a weekly small-sided match, to join in.

Former Senegalese forward Oumar Niasse, who netted twelve scores in 65 top-flight matches for the Toffees and still goes to their matches at Goodison Park, also had his first appearance versus Collegiate OB - who are located in Liverpool and use an Everton training kit as their uniform.

"A mate Stephen Ireland told me 'come and have a game, it's good fun'," said Niasse.

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

"When you still enjoy football and you know you can still play, wherever you can play, what are you going to choose?

"Those people who turn up and watch are happy and to make someone's moment if they see us playing there and to ask us questions - it's more like the joy of us having a place we can enjoy football, with organisation of course."

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

"It's a bit unusual but then, I enjoy running and just move forward - I'm not staying back that much," he added.

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

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

Unreal Feeling

In addition to Cisse's 6 scores on his first game, Ireland has netted 8 in 3 games for the side, while Boyd hit five on his first appearance and Joleon Lescott, a defender by position, scored a triple in one game as a striker.

The team are leading of the Top Division with 3 wins from 3 and a goal difference of +19.

One opponent, 38, who features on the flank for the opposition, faced former Wigan full-back Figueroa on the weekend - and had to explain his nine-year-old son who Heskey was.

He has played at two World Cups for Honduras, in as well as featuring in more than 200 Premier League games.

"The news was going round like wildfire they had all these ex-Premier League players," said the player.

"I felt I was a little awestruck playing against Figueroa to be honest.

"Even Heskey came on and he's has 60-odd English caps.

"We held our own for a solid 20 mins but then we had a man dismissed and it was hard.

"Our group literally haven't ceased talking about it - I was calling my mum and sibling on the journey home.

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

"Now we are eager for the second match."

We Will Still Take the League'

The manager coaches the opposition vets side, who won the Premier Tier championship the previous campaign, along with his co-manager.

"We scored one-nil ahead and had a