Meet this Sunday League Club Featuring Nearly Two Thousand Top-Flight Matches

What can you boost a excellent veteran side who have won consecutive championships, including a double triumph with 30 wins from thirty-two games?

Bring in a group of ex- pro players that have competed at the top level of club football and international soccer as you target more trophies.

A Greater Manchester team fields an amateur vets squad with 9 ex- top-flight footballers in their active squad.

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

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

The lineup this season features nine former Premier League players, with a collective over 1,800 elite appearances.

This high-profile squad also boasts over 220 Premier League scores and over 320 global caps.

They include one forward, who netted 37 scores in over 100 games for his former club after joining them for nine million pounds from German league club Freiburg in January 2012.

Cisse had his first appearance for the team in their most recent home game versus defending champions their rivals and scored all six goals in a six-two victory - featuring a 32-minute first-half triple.

Wythenshawe's squad for this season also includes ex- professionals such as England and Anfield forward Emile Heskey, Hull City and Burnley FC midfielder George Boyd, Everton striker Oumar Niasse, Wigan defender Maynor Figueroa, Manchester City duo Stephen Ireland and Nedum Onuoha and top-flight championship victors Joleon Lescott and Danny Drinkwater.

Collectively, the ex- top-flight footballers have won 15 major honors and transferred for combined transfer sums of approximately £123m.

Household Figures and International Players

Stephen Ireland began playing for the team in pre-season this season through good friend and present team player Blake Norton, and the ex- Republic of Ireland midfielder then asked additional former professionals, who all compete in a weekly nine-a-side game, to join in.

Former Senegal striker Oumar Niasse, who netted twelve scores in 65 Premier League matches for Everton and still attends their home games, also had his first appearance versus Collegiate OB - who are based in Liverpool and wear an Blue training kit as their uniform.

"A mate Stephen told me 'come and have a game, it's enjoyable'," commented Niasse.

"After that he informed me we were facing a side from Liverpool and the surprise I had when I saw them sporting Everton kits - I say this is wrong for me!

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

"Those people who come and see are happy and to make someone's day if they see us playing there and to pose us questions - it's really about the pleasure of us getting a place we can enjoy football, with structure of course."

Such is the bench strength at the club, he made his debut at full-back.

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

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

"That running is what I'm looking for. It's good fun."

'Surreal Feeling

In addition to the forward's six scores on debut, Stephen Ireland has netted 8 in 3 appearances for Wythenshawe, while Boyd hit five on his first match and Joleon Lescott, a defender by position, notched a hat-trick in one match up front.

The team are top of the Premier Division with three victories from 3 and a goal difference of +19.

Paul Barrow, 38, who plays on the flank for Collegiate OB, came up against former Wigan full-back Maynor Figueroa on Sunday - and had to explain his young son who Heskey was.

Figueroa has appeared at two global tournaments for his country, in addition to playing in more than two hundred top-flight matches.

"It was going round like a rumor they had these former top-flight players," said the player.

"I felt I was a bit starstruck facing Figueroa to be honest.

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

"Our side held our own for a good 20 minutes but then we had a player dismissed and it was tough.

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

"The opponents were all really nice, shaking our hands after the match - it was like facing a group of regular guys.

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

We Will Still Win the Title'

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

"Our team went one-nil ahead and had a