NATHAN SALT IN WYTHENSHAWE: Stephen Ireland's phone is ringing off the hook in the wake of Wythenshawe Vets' latest demolition job. With former Chelsea and Leicester City star Danny Drinkwater alongside him in midfield‚ ex-Wigan Athletic ace Maynor Figueroa anchoring the defence‚ and a front two of George Boyd and Papiss Cisse‚ this star-studded group of over-35 ex-pros have just blown South Liverpool away 13-0 to continue their invincible start to the season. Last month‚ Joleon Lescott scored a hat-trick‚ Oumar Niasse played wing-back‚ Nedum Onuoha featured‚ as did former England striker Emile Heskey.

Drinkwater: Ex-Man Utd teammate Ronaldo forced me to change

Drinkwater: Sarri set me up for Italy move from Chelsea

Danny Drinkwater reveals moment he was told he had one hour to leave Chelsea

Drinkwater hits back at troll that said he's hit 'rock bottom' after revealing new job

Former Premier League title winner hits back at user trolling him for now working on a building site

BRICK BY BRICK: Ex-Chelsea and England star Drinkwater hits back at social media trolls after sharing picture on building site

SPORTS AGENDA: Man United may have to share Dan Ashworth‚ disgraced Labour candidate causes Burnley a headache... while Danny Drinkwater kicks off a row with his neighbours

Ex-Chelsea midfielder Drinkwater: Jota clash was beginning of end

Drinkwater opens up on headbutting his own team-mate as 'career slipped away'

Drinkwater opens up on career & says he 'got with any bird I could' on night out

Former Leicester City‚ Chelsea midfielder Danny Drinkwater announces retirement from professional football

Drinkwater retires after Chelsea exit led to 'limbo'

Danny Drinkwater was 'getting with any bird that I can' while playing in Premier League

'What the f*** are you doing mate?': Danny Drinkwater opens up on his boozy Chelsea nightmare and reveals he would 'get with any bird I could' on wild London nights out before drink-driving arrest sparked self reflection

Danny Drinkwater explains what went wrong at Chelsea after announcing retirement

Drinkwater's 'garbage' Chelsea transfer regret revealed as he recalls bad incident

Former Leicester and Chelsea midfielder Drinkwater retires

PL winner Drinkwater announces retirement from football

Ex-Leicester‚ Chelsea midfielder Drinkwater announces retirement

A Premier League winner and ex-England international - Danny Drinkwater retires

Drinkwater retires at 33 - six years after ill-fated £35m Chelsea transfer

Drinkwater calls time on playing career at age of 33

Drinkwater retires from football aged 33 - six years after £35m Chelsea move

Drinkwater RETIRES at 33 after 'being in limbo too long' following Chelsea release

Danny Drinkwater shows off hilarious 'new look' on Instagram as new club search continues

Ex-Chelsea star Drinkwater wants return to former club after year in exile

Drinkwater wants Leicester return after year out

Danny Drinkwater 'buzzing' to play football again after being without a club for a YEAR...with the former Premier League winner not ruling out a return to Leicester following their relegation

"I just want to play": Drinkwater

Drunk car crash gave Chelsea flop 'biggest wake-up call' in lonely prison cell

Released Chelsea midfielder Drinkwater keen on Saudi Arabia move

Drinkwater eyes Leicester despite 'snake' label - plus Saudi switch

Drinkwater 'twiddling thumbs' over 400 days on from last game

Danny Drinkwater 'has no plans to quit Chelsea'

Jamie Vardy is the ONLY player left at Leicester from their 5000-1 miracle Premier League title-winning team in 2016... with Christian Fuchs retiring an MLS cult hero and Danny Drinkwater's career in freefall‚ here's where the stars are TODAY

Kasper Schmeichel BENCHED by Nice amid claims of being 'overweight'‚ Jamie Vardy's now a sub‚ Christian Fuchs is an unlikely MLS cult hero‚ Danny Drinkwater's on the scrapheap and poker keeps Danny Simpson busy... where Leicester's title winners are TODAY

Chris Wilder ready to enter free agent market for midfielder - with Fabian Delph and Danny Drinkwater among list of options

Drinkwater 'angry' for wasting years at Chelsea reveals 4 family tragedies

Drinkwater 'angry' for wasting years at Chelsea reveals 4 family tragedies

Drinkwater opens up on Chelsea nightmare and remarkable Sarri snub

'Angry' Danny Drinkwater opens up on Chelsea exit in first TV interview for four years

Drinkwater told he 'wasn't in Chelsea's plans' in final hour of transfer window

Drinkwater: Therapy saved me from depression during nightmare Chelsea spell

Danny Drinkwater on Chelsea anger‚ being pulled into the office by Maurizio Sarri and next club

Danny Drinkwater: 'Maurizio Sarri gave me an hour to leave Chelsea'

'My nan and grandad passed‚ dad got Leukaemia‚ I lost my dog and was drink driving': Danny Drinkwater reveals depths of his Chelsea nightmare‚ admits he 'wasted five years' and says he's STILL angry

Danny Drinkwater hits out at Chelsea and admits: 'I wasted the best years of my career'

Drinkwater ponders next move after Chelsea release

Ex-Chelsea midfielder Drinkwater recalls Sarri showdown

Danny Drinkwater admits 'throwing away' five years during Chelsea spell

Drinkwater reveals how Sarri axed him with an HOUR of transfer window left

Drinkwater exclusive: Sarri clash‚ mental health struggles and what's next

Drinkwater on Chelsea nightmare: 'I wasted my best years'

Chelsea send message to Aston Villa flop Danny Drinkwater

Chelsea FINALLY announce the exit of Barcelona-bound Andreas Christensen after he pulled out on the morning of the FA Cup final‚ while Danny Drinkwater also heads for the Stamford Bridge exit after playing just 23 times in FIVE YEARS

Christensen and Drinkwater Chelsea exits confirmed

Danny Drinkwater calling time on his miserable spell at Chelsea brings an end to one of the most disastrous transfers in Premier League history... but where does his doomed £35m switch to Stamford Bridge stack up against the worst ever top-flight buys?

Drinkwater confirms Chelsea exit in a goodbye after turbulent five years

Chelsea move was business deal gone wrong‚ says Drinkwater

Departing Danny Drinkwater calls Chelsea stint ‘business move gone wrong'

Danny Drinkwater apologises to Chelsea fans as he departs

Drinkwater says time at Chelsea was 'business move gone wrong' as he says sorry to fans

'A business move gone wrong' - Drinkwater apologises to Chelsea fans

‘Business gone wrong' - Drinkwater ‘apologises' to Chelsea fans as he confirms Blues exit

Drinkwater confirms Chelsea exit in a goodbye after turbulent five years

Departing Drinkwater calls Chelsea stint 'business move gone wrong'

Departing Drinkwater apologises to Chelsea fans

Chelsea flop Drinkwater hits out at 'way he's been treated'

Drinkwater apologises to Chelsea fans in parting statement after "move gone wrong"

'This was a business deal gone wrong': £35m Chelsea flop Danny Drinkwater reveals he's leaving in a frank message‚ admitting his...

The Wagatha Christie trial exposed the embarrassing‚ greedy side of the not-so-Beautiful Game with claims Wayne Rooney had to tell Jamie Vardy to control his wife‚ plus Mahrez and Drinkwater leaks

LOAN RANGERS! How Chelsea's 12 loan players in the EFL fared from veteran Drinkwater to centre-back starlet Colwill

Carroll and Drinkwater in a winners and losers column!

Ten-man Bournemouth held by Coventry‚ Carroll & Drinkwater on target for Reading

Andy Carroll and Danny Drinkwater both score first Reading goals in win

Carroll and Drinkwater score as Reading beat Swansea

Carroll‚ Drinkwater strike in Reading win

10 players you forgot played for Man Utd - from Drinkwater to Victor Valdes

Danny Drinkwater: 'My Chelsea career was a shambles'

'It's been a shambles': Drinkwater reflects on Chelsea career

Drinkwater brands career at Chelsea "shambles" after finally moving on

Drinkwater opens up on 'shambles' Chelsea spell after joining Reading

Drinkwater calls Chelsea career a 'shambles' in honest interview

Drinkwater calls Chelsea career a 'shambles' in honest interview

'Shambles' - Aston Villa flop Danny Drinkwater opens up on loan struggles

‘Shambles' - Drinkwater opens up on career post-Leicester title win

Danny Drinkwater admits his Chelsea career has been 'a shambles' after making just TWELVE Premier League appearances for club......

Chelsea flop Drinkwater in 'shambles' admission

Drinkwater opens up on 'shambolic' Chelsea career and hopes for revival at Reading

Flops Drinkwater and Bakayoko cost Chelsea an eye-watering £43k per MINUTE

Chelsea loan forgotten stars to AC Milan and Reading

Danny Drinkwater's demise from Premier League winner to EFL - via "ridiculous" headbutt

Chelsea loan former England midfielder Danny Drinkwater to Reading... setting the Stamford Bridge outcast up to make his first appearance in English football for more than 18 months as Royals boss Veljko Paunovic predicts he will 'inspire those around him'

DONE DEAL: Chelsea outcast Drinkwater completes Reading loan switch

Chelsea flops Drinkwater and Bakayoko find loan moves to Reading and Milan

Chelsea flops Drinkwater and Bakayoko find loan moves to Reading and Milan

Danny Drinkwater joins Reading on loan

Championship side Reading interested in signing Chelsea's former England midfielder Danny Drinkwater‚ having already loaned Baba...

Ferdinand told he 'stepped over the line' as he compares Jones with Drinkwater