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What can you improve a outstanding veteran squad that have claimed back-to-back championships, including a double triumph with 30 wins from thirty-two games?

Bring in a collection of former professionals that have played at the elite tier of club and international football as you aim for more silverware.

A Manchester team fields an non-professional veterans squad with 9 ex- top-flight players in their current roster.

Two Hundred Twenty-Two Premier League Goals, Three Hundred Twenty-Five International Appearances

Wythenshawe Vets Over 35s are located in south the city and play in the Cheshire Vets Division Premier Tier.

The lineup this season features nine former Premier League footballers, with a total over 1,800 elite matches.

The elite roster also boasts over 220 Premier League goals and over 320 global appearances.

The squad include one forward, who notched 37 scores in 117 appearances for his former club after moving to them for nine million pounds from German league side SC Freiburg in January 2012.

He had his debut for the team in their most recent home-field match versus reigning title holders Collegiate Old Boys and netted every one of the six scores in a 6-2 victory - featuring a half-hour first-half triple.

The squad for this season also features ex- pros such as England and Liverpool striker Emile Heskey, Hull City and Burnley midfielder George Boyd, Everton striker Oumar Niasse, Wigan Athletic full-back Maynor Figueroa, Manchester City duo Stephen Ireland and Nedum Onuoha and top-flight championship winners Joleon Lescott and Danny Drinkwater.

In total, the former Premier League players have claimed fifteen significant trophies and moved for total transfer sums of around £123 million.

Well-Known Figures and Global Stars

Ireland began playing for the team in pre-season this season through close mate and present team player Blake Norton, and the ex- Republic of Ireland player then invited other ex-pros, who all compete in a midweek nine-a-side game, to participate.

Former Senegal forward Niasse, who netted 12 scores in 65 top-flight matches for Everton and even now attends their matches at Goodison Park, also had his debut against Collegiate OB - who are based in the city and use an Blue training kit as their strip.

"A mate Stephen said 'join and have a game, it's a laugh'," commented Niasse.

"Then he told me we were facing a side from Liverpool and the shock I had when I noticed them sporting Everton shirts - I say this is wrong for me!

"If you still love the game and you know you can still do it, wherever you can play, what are you going to choose?

"Those spectators who turn up and watch are happy and to give a day if they watch us competing there and to ask us questions - it's more like the pleasure of us getting a place we can play, with structure of course."

So great is the bench strength at the club, he had his debut at defender.

"It's a bit different but then, I enjoy sprinting and just go forward - I'm not defending that much," he added.

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

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

Unreal Scenario

Along with Cisse's six scores on his first game, Stephen Ireland has netted eight in three appearances for the side, while Boyd hit five on his first match and Joleon Lescott, a defender by position, scored a triple in one game up front.

The team are leading of the Premier Division with three victories from 3 and a goal difference of plus nineteen.

One opponent, thirty-eight, who plays on the wing for the opposition, faced ex- Latics full-back Maynor Figueroa on the weekend - and had to explain his young son who Heskey was.

He has played at two global tournaments for his country, in as well as playing in over two hundred top-flight games.

"It was spreading like a rumor they had all these former top-flight players," said Barrow.

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

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

"We competed well for a good 20 mins but then we had a player sent off and it was hard.

"We literally have not stopped talking about it - I was calling my mum and brother on the way home.

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

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

'We'll Still Win the League'

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

"We scored 1-0 ahead and had a