Discover the Sunday Division Club With Nearly Two Thousand Premier League Appearances

How can you boost a outstanding experienced squad who have won back-to-back titles, featuring a double triumph boasting thirty wins from thirty-two games?

Bring in a group of former professionals who have played at the top tier of club and global football as you aim for additional silverware.

One Greater Manchester side boasts an amateur vets squad with nine ex- Premier League players in their current squad.

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

The team Veterans Over 35s are situated in southern Manchester and play in the Cheshire Vets League Premier Division.

Their roster this campaign includes 9 former Premier League footballers, with a collective over 1,800 elite appearances.

This high-profile roster also contains 222 top division goals and over 320 international caps.

They feature Papiss Cisse, who notched thirty-seven goals in 117 games for his former club after signing for them for £9m from Bundesliga club Freiburg in 2012.

He had his first appearance for Wythenshawe in their last home game against defending champions their rivals and netted all six goals in a six-two victory - including a 32-minute opening period triple.

The roster for this season also features ex- professionals such as England and Anfield striker Emile Heskey, Hull City and Burnley FC winger George Boyd, Everton forward Oumar Niasse, Wigan defender Maynor Figueroa, City pair Stephen Ireland and Nedum Onuoha and top-flight title victors Joleon Lescott and Danny Drinkwater.

In total, the former top-flight footballers have secured fifteen significant honors and moved for combined transfer fees of approximately £123m.

Famous Figures and International Players

Stephen Ireland began playing for the side during preseason this season through good friend and current Wythenshawe player Blake Norton, and the ex- Republic of Ireland midfielder then invited additional ex-pros, who all play in a weekly nine-a-side match, to join in.

Former Senegalese striker Oumar Niasse, who netted twelve goals in 65 Premier League games for Everton and even now attends their home games, also had his debut versus the opposition - who are located in Liverpool and wear an Blue training kit as their strip.

"My mate Stephen Ireland said 'come and play, it's a laugh'," said Niasse.

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

"If you still enjoy the game and you feel you can still do it, anywhere you can kick a ball, what are you going to choose?

"The people who come and watch are happy and to give someone's day if they see us playing there and to pose us queries - it's really about the joy of us having a place we can enjoy football, with structure of course."

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

"It's a little unusual but then, I enjoy running and just move inside - I'm not defending that much," he added.

"I warn my defender 'I'm not hanging back' and that I'm just going to continue running.

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

'Surreal Feeling

Along with the forward's 6 scores on debut, Stephen Ireland has netted 8 in three games for the side, while Boyd scored 5 on his first appearance and Joleon Lescott, a defender by trade, scored a hat-trick in one match as a striker.

Wythenshawe are leading of the Top Tier with 3 wins from three and a GD of +19.

Paul Barrow, 38, who plays on the wing for Collegiate OB, came up against ex- Latics defender Maynor Figueroa on the weekend - and had to tell his nine-year-old son who Emile Heskey was.

He has played at two global tournaments for Honduras, in as well as playing in over 200 top-flight matches.

"It was going round like wildfire they had these ex-Premier League stars," said the player.

"I think I was a bit starstruck playing against Figueroa to be honest.

"Even Emile [Heskey] got on and he's has over 60 English caps.

"We held our own for a good twenty mins but then we had a player sent off and it was hard.

"We really haven't ceased talking about it - I was phoning my mother and sibling on the way home.

"They 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 return match."

We Will Still Win the Title'

The manager coaches the Collegiate veterans team, who secured the Premier Division title last season, together with his co-manager.

"We scored one-nil up and had a