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How do you enhance a stellar veteran squad who have secured consecutive championships, including a double triumph boasting 30 victories from thirty-two matches?

Bring in a collection of ex- pro players who have performed at the elite tier of club and global soccer as you aim for additional silverware.

A Manchester side fields an amateur veterans squad with nine ex- top-flight footballers in their present squad.

Two Hundred Twenty-Two Top Division Goals, 325 International Appearances

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

Their roster this campaign boasts 9 ex- top-flight footballers, with a collective over 1,800 Premier League appearances.

This elite squad also contains 222 top division goals and 325 international appearances.

The squad include one forward, who netted 37 goals in 117 games for Newcastle United after signing for them for £9m from German league club Freiburg in January 2012.

He had his first appearance for Wythenshawe in their last home game versus defending champions their rivals and netted all six goals in a 6-2 victory - featuring a half-hour first-half hat-trick.

Wythenshawe's team for this campaign also features ex- professionals such as England and Liverpool forward Emile Heskey, Hull City and Burnley FC winger George Boyd, Toffees forward Oumar Niasse, Wigan Athletic defender Maynor Figueroa, Manchester City duo Stephen Ireland and Nedum Onuoha and Premier League title winners Joleon Lescott and Danny Drinkwater.

In total, the ex- Premier League footballers have claimed 15 significant honors and transferred for combined transfer fees of about £123m.

Famous Figures and Global Stars

Stephen Ireland began turning out for the team in pre-season this season through good friend and present Wythenshawe player Blake Norton, and the former Republic of Ireland player then invited additional former professionals, who all play in a midweek small-sided match, to participate.

Former Senegal forward Niasse, who scored 12 goals in 65 top-flight games for the Toffees and even now attends their home games, also had his debut versus the opposition - who are located in Liverpool and wear an Everton training kit as their uniform.

"My friend Stephen said 'come and have a game, it's enjoyable'," said the striker.

"Then he told me we were facing a team from Liverpool and the shock I had when I noticed them wearing Everton kits - I thought this is strange for me!

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

"The fans who come and watch are pleased and to make someone's moment if they see us playing there and to pose us queries - it's really about the pleasure of us having somewhere we can enjoy football, with structure of course."

Such is the squad depth at Wythenshawe, Niasse had his debut at full-back.

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

"I warn my defender 'I'm not staying' and that I'm just going to keep running.

"That movement is what I'm after. It's enjoyable."

'Surreal Feeling

In addition to the forward's six goals on debut, Ireland has scored 8 in 3 games for Wythenshawe, while George Boyd hit five on his debut match and Joleon Lescott, a defender by position, notched a triple in one game as a striker.

Wythenshawe are leading of the Top Tier with three victories from three and a goal difference of plus nineteen.

One opponent, thirty-eight, who features on the flank for Collegiate OB, came up against ex- Latics defender Figueroa on Sunday - and had to explain his nine-year-old boy who Emile Heskey was.

He has appeared at two World Cups for Honduras, in addition to playing in more than two hundred top-flight games.

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

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

"Also Emile [Heskey] came on and he's got 60-odd English appearances.

"Our side competed well for a solid twenty minutes but then we had a player sent off and it was hard.

"Our group really haven't ceased chatting about it - I was phoning my mother and brother on the journey home.

"The opponents were all friendly, shaking our hands after the match - it was like playing a bunch of regular fellas.

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

'We'll Still Win the Title'

The manager coaches the opposition veterans side, who won the Premier Division championship last season, together with his co-manager.

"Our team went 1-0 up and had a