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How do you boost a outstanding veteran squad who have won back-to-back titles, including a double triumph with thirty victories from 32 games?

Sign a raft of former professionals that have competed at the elite level of club and global football as you aim for further honors.

One Manchester side has an non-professional veterans team with nine ex- Premier League players in their active squad.

Two Hundred Twenty-Two Top Division Scores, Three Hundred Twenty-Five Global Appearances

Wythenshawe Vets Over 35s are situated in southern the city and play in the Cheshire-based Vets Division Premier Division.

Their roster this season includes nine former top-flight footballers, with a total over 1,800 top-flight appearances.

The high-profile roster also contains 222 Premier League goals and over 320 global caps.

They feature one forward, who scored 37 scores in 117 appearances for Newcastle United after joining them for nine million pounds from German league club SC Freiburg in January 2012.

He made his first appearance for the team in their most recent home game versus reigning title holders their rivals and scored all six scores in a six-two victory - featuring a half-hour first-half hat-trick.

The team for this campaign also includes former professionals such as English and Anfield striker Emile Heskey, Hull City and Burnley FC winger George Boyd, Toffees forward Oumar Niasse, Wigan Athletic defender Maynor Figueroa, City pair Stephen Ireland and Nedum Onuoha and top-flight title winners Joleon Lescott and Danny Drinkwater.

Together, the ex- Premier League footballers have claimed fifteen significant trophies and moved for combined transfer fees of about £123m.

Well-Known Figures and International Stars

Ireland began playing for the side in pre-season this season through good friend and current Wythenshawe teammate Blake Norton, and the former Republic of Ireland midfielder then invited additional former professionals, who all play in a midweek nine-a-side game, to join in.

Ex- Senegalese forward Niasse, who scored twelve goals in 65 top-flight games for Everton and even now goes to their home games, also made his debut against Collegiate OB - who are located in the city and use an Blue warm-up gear as their strip.

"My mate Stephen said 'join and have a game, it's a laugh'," said the striker.

"Then he informed me we were playing a side from Liverpool and the shock I had when I saw them wearing Everton shirts - I thought this is wrong for me!

"When you still love football and you know you can still play, wherever you can kick a ball, what are you going to do?

"Those fans who turn up and watch are pleased and to make a moment if they watch us playing there and to pose us questions - it's really about the joy of us having somewhere we can enjoy football, with organisation of course."

Such is the squad depth at Wythenshawe, he made his first game at full-back.

"That's a bit unusual but then, I love running and just move inside - I'm not defending that much," he added.

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

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

'Surreal Scenario

Along with the forward's 6 scores on debut, Stephen Ireland has scored 8 in 3 appearances for Wythenshawe, while George Boyd scored 5 on his first appearance and Joleon Lescott, a defender by position, scored a triple in one game as a striker.

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

One opponent, thirty-eight, who features on the flank for the opposition, came up against ex- Latics full-back Maynor Figueroa on the weekend - and had to tell his nine-year-old son who Emile Heskey was.

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

"It was spreading like a rumor they had these former top-flight stars," remarked Barrow.

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

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

"We competed well for a solid twenty mins but then we had a man sent off and it was hard.

"We really have not ceased talking about it - I was calling my mother and brother on the journey home.

"The opponents were all friendly, shaking our hands after the game - it was like playing a bunch of normal guys.

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

We Will Still Take the Title'

Andy Kirby coaches the opposition vets team, who won the Premier Division championship the previous campaign, together with his co-manager.

"Our team scored one-nil up and had a