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How do you improve a stellar experienced side who have won back-to-back championships, featuring a double triumph boasting 30 victories from thirty-two games?

Recruit a raft of ex- professionals who have competed at the elite tier of club and international football as you pursue additional trophies.

A Manchester team boasts an non-professional vets team with nine former Premier League footballers in their present squad.

222 Premier League Scores, 325 International Appearances

Wythenshawe Vets Over 35s are situated in south the city and compete in the Cheshire Veterans League Premier Tier.

Their squad list this season boasts nine ex- Premier League footballers, with a collective over 1,800 elite games.

This star-studded roster also boasts over 220 top division scores and over 320 global caps.

They include one forward, who netted thirty-seven scores in 117 games for Newcastle United after moving to them for £9m from Bundesliga side SC Freiburg in 2012.

He made his first appearance for Wythenshawe in their most recent home match against defending champions their rivals and scored every one of the six scores in a 6-2 win - featuring a half-hour opening period triple.

Wythenshawe's squad for this campaign also features ex- professionals such as England and Liverpool forward Emile Heskey, Hull and Burnley FC midfielder George Boyd, Toffees striker Oumar Niasse, Wigan Athletic full-back Maynor Figueroa, City duo Stephen Ireland and Nedum Onuoha and top-flight championship victors Joleon Lescott and Danny Drinkwater.

In total, the former Premier League players have won 15 big honors and transferred for total transfer fees of about £123m.

Famous Names and International Players

Ireland started playing for the side during preseason this summer through close mate and current team player Blake Norton, and the former Irish player then invited additional ex-pros, who all play in a weekly nine-a-side game, to join in.

Ex- Senegalese forward Oumar Niasse, who scored twelve goals in sixty-five Premier League games for the Toffees and even now goes to their home games, also made his debut versus Collegiate OB - who are located in the city and wear an Everton training kit as their uniform.

"A friend Stephen Ireland said 'come and have a game, it's a laugh'," commented Niasse.

"After that he told me we were facing a side from the city and the surprise I had when I noticed them sporting Blue shirts - I thought this is strange for me!

"When you still enjoy football and you know you can still do it, anywhere you can play, what are you going to do?

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

Such is the bench strength at Wythenshawe, Niasse had his debut at defender.

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

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

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

'Surreal Scenario

Along with the forward's six goals on his first game, Ireland has scored 8 in three appearances for Wythenshawe, while George Boyd scored 5 on his debut appearance and Joleon Lescott, a defender by trade, scored a triple in one match as a striker.

The team are leading of the Premier Tier with three wins from 3 and a goal difference of +19.

One opponent, 38, who plays on the flank for the opposition, faced former Wigan defender Figueroa on the weekend - and had to tell his nine-year-old son who Heskey was.

Figueroa has appeared at two World Cups for his country, in as well as playing in over 200 top-flight games.

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

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

"Also Heskey came on and he's got over 60 England appearances.

"We held our own for a solid 20 mins but then we had a player dismissed and it was tough.

"Our group literally have not ceased chatting about it - I was calling my mum and brother on the way home.

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

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

We Will Still Win the League'

Andy Kirby coaches the opposition vets team, who secured the Premier Division title last season, along with his co-manager.

"Our team scored 1-0 up and had a