Introduce the Weekend Division Squad Featuring Nearly Two Thousand Premier League Appearances

How can you boost a outstanding experienced squad who have secured consecutive titles, including a double triumph with 30 victories from 32 games?

Recruit a raft of ex- professionals that have played at the top level of club and international soccer as you pursue additional trophies.

A Greater Manchester side boasts an non-professional veterans squad with 9 ex- Premier League footballers in their active lineup.

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

The team Veterans Over-35s are situated in southern Manchester and compete in the Cheshire-based Veterans Division Top Division.

Their roster this campaign boasts nine ex- Premier League footballers, with a total over 1,800 Premier League games.

This star-studded roster also contains 222 top division scores and 325 international caps.

They include Papiss Cisse, who notched 37 scores in 117 appearances for his former club after moving to them for £9m from Bundesliga side SC Freiburg in 2012.

Cisse had his first appearance for Wythenshawe in their last home game versus defending champions their rivals and scored all six scores in a 6-2 victory - including a 32-minute opening period hat-trick.

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

In total, the former top-flight players have won 15 major trophies and transferred for total transfer sums of approximately £123 million.

Famous Names and International Players

Ireland began playing for the side in preseason this summer through good mate and present Wythenshawe teammate Blake Norton, and the ex- Irish player then invited other ex-pros, who all play in a midweek nine-a-side game, to join in.

Former Senegalese striker Oumar Niasse, who netted 12 scores in 65 top-flight games for Everton and still goes to their home games, also had his first appearance versus Collegiate OB - who are based in the city and wear an Blue training kit as their uniform.

"A friend Stephen Ireland told me 'come and play, it's enjoyable'," said the striker.

"After that he told me we were facing a team from Liverpool and the shock I had when I noticed them sporting Blue kits - I say this is strange for me!

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

"Those people who come and see are happy and to make someone's day if they watch us competing 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 the club, he made his debut at full-back.

"It's a little different but then, I love running and just go forward - I'm not staying back that much," he added.

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

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

Unreal Experience

In addition to Cisse's 6 goals on debut, Stephen Ireland has netted eight in 3 appearances for the side, while Boyd hit 5 on his debut match and Lescott, a defender by position, scored a triple in one game as a striker.

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

One opponent, 38, who plays on the wing for the opposition, came up against former Wigan full-back Figueroa on the weekend - and had to explain his young son who Heskey was.

Figueroa has played at two global tournaments for his country, in as well as featuring in more than 200 top-flight games.

"The news was spreading like wildfire they had these former top-flight stars," remarked Barrow.

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

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

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

"Our group literally have not ceased talking about it - I was calling my mother and sibling on the way home.

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

"Now we are eager for the return fixture."

We Will Still Win the Title'

The manager coaches the Collegiate vets team, who secured the Premier Tier championship the previous campaign, along with Paul Maguire.

"Our team went 1-0 up and had a