Introduce the Weekend League Squad With Over 1,800 English Top Division Appearances

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A Greater Manchester club boasts an amateur veterans squad with nine ex- Premier League footballers in their present squad.

222 Top Division Goals, Three Hundred Twenty-Five Global Caps

Wythenshawe Vets Over-35s are situated in south the city and compete in the Cheshire-based Vets League Top Tier.

The roster this season features nine ex- Premier League footballers, with a total nearly 1,800 Premier League matches.

The high-profile team also contains over 220 top division goals and 325 international appearances.

The squad feature one forward, who netted 37 goals in 117 appearances for his former club after moving to them for £9m from Bundesliga club SC Freiburg in January 2012.

He made his first appearance for Wythenshawe in their most recent home game versus defending champions Collegiate Old Boys and netted every one of the six scores in a six-two victory - featuring a 32-minute first-half triple.

The team for this campaign also includes ex- pros such as English and Anfield forward Emile Heskey, Hull City and Burnley midfielder George Boyd, Everton striker Oumar Niasse, Wigan Athletic defender Maynor Figueroa, Manchester City pair Stephen Ireland and Nedum Onuoha and Premier League title victors Joleon Lescott and Danny Drinkwater.

Together, the ex- Premier League footballers have won 15 major honors and transferred for total transfer sums of approximately £123 million.

Famous Names and International Players

Stephen Ireland started turning out for the team in preseason this summer through good friend and present Wythenshawe player Blake Norton, and the ex- Irish midfielder then asked additional ex-pros, who all compete in a midweek nine-a-side game, to participate.

Former Senegalese forward Niasse, who netted twelve scores in sixty-five top-flight games for Everton and still attends their matches at Goodison Park, also made his first appearance against Collegiate OB - who are located in Liverpool and use an Blue warm-up gear as their uniform.

"A mate Stephen said 'come and have a game, it's enjoyable'," said the striker.

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

"If you still love football and you feel you can still do it, anywhere you can play, what are you going to choose?

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

Such is the bench strength at the club, he had his debut at full-back.

"It's a little different but then, I love sprinting and just go inside - I'm not defending that much," he said.

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

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

Unreal Scenario

In addition to the forward's six scores on his first game, Ireland has netted 8 in three appearances for the side, while George Boyd scored 5 on his first match and Lescott, a centre-half by trade, scored a hat-trick in one game as a striker.

Wythenshawe are leading of the Top Division with three wins from three and a goal difference of plus nineteen.

Paul Barrow, 38, who features on the wing for Collegiate OB, faced former Latics full-back Figueroa on Sunday - and had to explain his young boy who Heskey was.

He has played at 2 global tournaments for Honduras, in as well as playing in more than two hundred top-flight games.

"It was spreading like a rumor they had all these former top-flight stars," said the player.

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

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

"Our side competed well for a solid twenty minutes but then we had a player sent off and it was hard.

"Our group really have not ceased talking about it - I was calling my mum and sibling on the journey home.

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

"Now we are eager for the return fixture."

'We'll Still Take the League'

Andy Kirby manages the opposition veterans team, who secured the Premier Tier title the previous campaign, along with his co-manager.

"Our team went one-nil ahead and had a