Meet the Sunday League team with 1,800 Premier League appearances

"Manchester club Wythenshawe AFC, external have an amateur vets team with nine former Premier League players in their current squad. BBC Sport takes a closer look at the Sunday league dream team. Wythenshawe Vets Over-35s are based in south Manchester and play in the Cheshire Vets League Premier Division. Their squad list this season boasts nine former Premier League players, with a combined 1,801 top-flight appearances. The elite roster also contains 222 Premier League goals and 325 international caps."

"They include Papiss Cisse, who scored 37 goals in 117 appearances for Newcastle United after joining for 9m from Bundesliga side Freiburg in January 2012. Cisse made his debut for Wythenshawe in their last home game against reigning champions Collegiate Old Boys and scored all six goals in a 6-2 win - including a 32-minute first-half hat-trick. Wythenshawe's squad for this season also includes former pros such as England and Liverpool striker Emile Heskey, Hull and Burnley winger George Boyd,"

"Collectively, the former top-flight players have won 15 major trophies and moved for combined transfer fees of about 123m. Ireland began playing for the team during pre-season this summer through close friend and current Wythenshawe player Blake Norton, and the former Republic of Ireland midfielder then invited other ex-pros, who all play in a midweek nine-a-side game, to join in."

Wythenshawe AFC Over-35s are a south Manchester vets side competing in the Cheshire Vets League Premier Division. The team won back-to-back titles and a league-cup double, recording 30 wins from 32 games. The current squad features nine former Premier League players with a combined 1,801 top-flight appearances, 222 Premier League goals and 325 international caps. Notable names include Papiss Cisse, Emile Heskey, George Boyd, Oumar Niasse, Maynor Figueroa, Stephen Ireland, Nedum Onuoha, Joleon Lescott and Danny Drinkwater. Papiss Cisse scored all six goals in his Wythenshawe debut, including a 32-minute first-half hat-trick. The ex-pros have won 15 major trophies and commanded about 123m in combined transfer fees.

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