🔗 Share this article Introduce the Weekend League Club With Nearly Two Thousand English Top Division Matches The substitutes for Wythenshawe Veterans during a six-two victory against their opponents on October 19th (from left to right) - one player, another, Marcel Edwards, Blake Norton, Maynor Figueroa, Dean Warburton and Emile Heskey How do you enhance a excellent experienced team who have won consecutive titles, featuring a league-cup double with 30 victories from 32 games? Bring in a raft of former pro players that have competed at the highest tier of club and international football as you aim for additional silverware. One Manchester side fields an non-professional vets team with nine ex- Premier League footballers in their active lineup. 222 Top Division Scores, Three Hundred Twenty-Five International Appearances Wythenshawe Veterans Over 35s are located in southern the city and play in the Cheshire Vets League Premier Tier. The lineup this season boasts nine ex- top-flight footballers, with a collective over 1,800 Premier League matches. This star-studded team also boasts 222 Premier League scores and 325 global appearances. The squad include one forward, who scored thirty-seven scores in 117 games for his former club after moving to them for £9m from Bundesliga club Freiburg in 2012. He had his debut for the team in their most recent home match versus reigning title holders their rivals and netted every one of the six goals in a six-two victory - including a half-hour opening period triple. The team for this campaign also includes ex- professionals such as English and Anfield forward Emile Heskey, Hull and Burnley FC midfielder George Boyd, Toffees striker Oumar Niasse, Wigan Athletic defender Maynor Figueroa, Manchester City pair Stephen Ireland and Nedum Onuoha and top-flight title victors Joleon Lescott and Danny Drinkwater. In total, the ex- top-flight players have secured 15 big honors and moved for total transfer sums of approximately £123 million. Famous Names and International Stars He won six Irish appearances, scoring four goals Ireland started turning out for the side during pre-season this summer through close friend and current team player Blake Norton, and the ex- Republic of Ireland player then invited additional ex-pros, who all compete in a midweek nine-a-side match, to participate. Ex- Senegalese striker Oumar Niasse, who netted 12 goals in sixty-five Premier League matches for Everton and still goes to their home games, also made his first appearance against the opposition - who are based in Liverpool and use an Blue training kit as their uniform. He played for the club between 2016 and 2020 "A mate Stephen Ireland told me 'come and play, it's a laugh'," commented Niasse. "After that he informed me we were playing a side from the city and the surprise I had when I saw them wearing Everton kits - I thought this is strange for me! "If you still love the game and you feel you can still do it, anywhere you can kick a ball, what are you going to do? "Those fans who turn up and watch are pleased and to give a day if they see us competing there and to pose us queries - it's really about the joy of us having a place we can play, with structure of course." So great is the squad depth at the club, Niasse made his debut at defender. "That's a bit different but then, I love running and just go inside - I'm not staying back that much," he said. "I warn my defender 'I'm not staying' and that I'm just going to keep attacking. "The running is what I'm seeking. It's good fun." Former Wigan full-back Maynor Figueroa is playing for Wythenshawe Unreal Experience Along with the forward's 6 goals on his first game, Ireland has scored 8 in 3 appearances for Wythenshawe, while Boyd scored 5 on his first match and Joleon Lescott, a centre-half by position, scored a triple in one match up front. The team are top of the Top Division with three wins from 3 and a goal difference of plus nineteen. Paul Barrow, thirty-eight, who features on the wing for Collegiate OB, came up against ex- Wigan full-back Figueroa on Sunday - and had to explain his young boy who Heskey was. He has appeared at 2 global tournaments for Honduras, in as well as featuring in over two hundred top-flight games. "The news was going round like a rumor they had all these ex-Premier League stars," said the player. "I felt I was a little starstruck playing against Figueroa to be honest. "Even Emile [Heskey] got on and he's got over 60 England appearances. "We competed well for a good 20 mins but then we had a man dismissed and it was hard. "Our group literally have not ceased chatting about it - I was phoning my mother and brother on the journey home. "They were all dead sound, shaking our hands after the game - it was like facing a bunch of regular fellas. "Now we can't wait for the second match." We Will Still Win the Title' The manager coaches the Collegiate vets side, who won the Top Division championship the previous campaign, along with his co-manager. "We scored one-nil up and had a