WANDERERS duo Emile Heskey and Eidur Gudjohnsen may be well into their thirties but boss Neil Lennon is still keen to use their experience on a regular basis.

And there has even been talk the pair could extend their stay at the Macron Stadium into next season.

But Lennon is not the first Whites manager to benefit from veteran players.

Over the years many stars have played into their later years for Wanderers going all the way back to the turn of the last century when Bert Baverstock had a 16-year association and played until he was 38 years old before joining next weekend's opponents Blackpool and later taking up the Licence at the Lever Arms in Bolton.

The most famous of all Wanderers stars – Nat Lofthouse – saw injury finally end his 20-year one-club playing career at the age of 35 after more than 500 appearances.

'The Lion of Vienna' scores both goals in the 1958 FA Cup final to beat Manchester United and went up the famous steps at Wembley to lift the trophy as captain.

Another man who knew all about Wembley was England goalkeeping great Peter Shilton.

The highlights of his long career may have been elsewhere but he did fit in one league appearance for Wanderers – the Division One play-off semi-final first leg against Wolves at Molineux when he was on the losing side by a score of 2–1.

More recently, Sam Allardyce gave many internationals an opportunity in the twilight of their careers such as Jay-Jay Okocha, Youri Djorkaeff and Ivan Campo.

Another of those was Spanish great Fernando Hierro who ended his illustrious career with the Whites.