Their run narrowly broke the record of 35 for the most consecutive games without a loss in Australian top level sport which was set by the Eastern Suburbs rugby league club in the 1930s. Led by Australia’s current head coach Ange Postecoglou, Brisbane Roar were a goal machine, never going a game without scoring for a total of 84 over the course of their unbeaten run.

To mark the anniversary, FourFourTwo traced the fortunes of the squad members in the years since…

Michael Theo

Goalkeeper Michael Theo was key to Brisbane Roar’s unbeaten run. Playing every minute of every game except for 10 minutes when he came off to give Andrew Redmayne some experience in goal he made himself an instant hero with a multitude of man of the match performances and key saves to keep the unbeaten streak alive. His heroics unsurprisingly earned him the Goalkeeper of the Year award for the 2010/11 A-league season.

The win had special significance for Theo, coming on his return from the UK after an embarrassing spell with Norwich City in League One. After signing for the East Anglian side following a title-winning season at Melbourne Victory, he conceded seven goals on his Norwich debut…and his UK career was over before it even began.

After his return to Australia, he later shortened his name from Theoklitos to just Theo having once again proved himself between the sticks for Brisbane.

These days Theo is still the main man between the sticks for Brisbane Roar, despite injury ruling him out for the majority of the 2014/15 and 2015/16 seasons. Theo, 35, has since made a full recovery and has started every game of the 2016/17 season. Although under some pressure and only being on contract till the end of the 2016/17 season, Theo believes he will be able to find his best form and continuing playing into his 40s.

Matt Smith

Winning three titles in his four seasons at Roar, Matt Smith will always be regarded as one of Brisbane’s greats, ultimately taking the skipper’s armband. Coming from North Queensland Fury, he was a key signing during coach Postecoglou clear out phase of the the old guard at Roar to create Brisbane’s unbeatable squad. One of just three players who featured in every game Brisbane played during the streak, the Australian international was key to Roar’s strong back line.

After four years at Brisbane, Smith, now 34, found himself in Thai First division playing for Bangkok Glass. Moving late in December of 2014 for an undisclosed fee Matt Smith has played almost every game for the now title contending team.

Ivan Franjic

Franjic, now 29, was one of Brisbane’s first choice fullbacks, playing in 28 of Roar’s 36 unbeaten games after joining the Queensland side from Oakleigh Cannons in 2009. With speed and great ball skills down the flank, he soon earned a call up to the Australia squad, making his debut in December of 2012.

After a five year stint at Brisbane, Franjic was signed by newly promoted Russian Premier League side FC Torpedo Moscow on a three year deal in 2014. But in April 2015, Franjic left the club after only four appearances in a row over unpaid wages. He was quickly picked up by Melbourne City and in between a series of nagging injuries, is first choice for the right back slot.

Shane Stefanutto

Stefanuto was another key figure in the Brisbane Roar backline that only conceded 32 goals in the unbeaten streak. Although he faced some minor injuries over the streak that put him out of 11 matches, when fit, he was Brisbane’s first choice at left back.

Shane stayed with Roar until the end of 2015/16 when he announced his retirement at age 36. A couple of commentators jokingly commented that he retired after coping too much abuse for being a 36 year old trying to pull off a man bun. He now runs Roar’s media department,

Milan Susak

Susak, now 32, was Brisbane’s left back who moved to be regular centre back next to Matt Smith in the 2010/11 season when Luke De Vere left, starting almost every game that season after joining from Bavarian side SpVgg Unterhaching where he’d spent a couple of seasons since leaving Adelaide United in 2008.

Journeyman Milan is the original rolling stone, never staying in the same spot for more than two years. He left Brisbane at the end of the 2010/11 season seven games before the end of Roar’s streak for a loan spell with Minangkabau FC in Indonesia. In total, he moved to seven different clubs in the space of five years and now plays for Yangon United in Burma.

Erik Paartalu

The defensive midfielder was a towering figure for Roar both physically and metaphorically during their streak; he provided a screen for the defence, a ball player in midfield and an aerial threat in the box. Paartalu, now 30, was another of the three that played in every single one of Brisbane’s 36 unbeaten games.

He too left Brisbane after the 2011/12 season and made a multitude of changes including China, Thailand, Korea and now plays for Qatar Stars league side Al Kharaitiyat.

Mitch Nichols

Nichols, now 27, was pivotal in midfield, only missing three of the 36 games through minor injury. Finding the net eight times, Mitch exceeded expectations, playing out of his skin and becoming one of Brisbane’s greatest prospects. He deservedly made the A-league 2011/12 team of the season alongside Besart Berisha and Thomas Broich.

After a one-year stint at Melbourne Victory and J-league club Cerezo Osaka, Nichols signed with Western Sydney Wanders in October 2015 where he built on the form he showed in Brisbane to be a key figure for the NSW side.

Thomas Broich

Broich, 35, is widely regarded as one of the best players to grace the A-League and he had an influential role in their unbeaten streak, playing in all but one game and racking up the most assists over the streak. The left midfielder was also able to net eight goals during the streak, placing him equal fourth for the most goals.

Broich had once been tipped for the top in Germany but setbacks led to disillusionment and he was ready to quit the game altogether until the opportunity at Brisbane opened up for him. The move transformed his life and transformed Roar, possibly why he is one of few to have stayed at the club, keeping his spot as Brisbane’s best playmaker. Nicknamed ‘Mozart’ by his teammates due to his love of classical music and literature, Broich has been the key to Brisbane’s attack for many years now.

Kosta Barbarouses

Back then, Barbarouses, now 26, was Costa, the result of an innocent typo and the player being too polite to correct it. After his stunning run at the Roar though (and later Melbourne Victory), he eventually plucked up the courage to point out to the world that his name was actually spelt with a K…!

One of Ange Postecoglou’s key signings, the New Zealand international played in every one of Brisbane’s 2010/11 games and was their top scorer with 12 goals.

The Kiwi left Brisbane Roar at the end of the 2010/11 season for FC Spartak Vladikavkaz in the Russian League were he played for two seasons before going on loan to Panathinaikos for a season. He then signed for Melbourne Victory, where he played for three seasons until moving at the end of last season to rejoin his first professional club, Wellington Phoenix.

Massimo Murdocca

Murdocca, now 32, was the engine of the team during Brisbane’s streak, being known for his high work rate as Brisbane’s box-to-box midfielder. He appeared in 30 of Brisbane’s unbeaten games and was pivotal in Brisbane’s midfield.

After leaving Brisbane at the end of the 2012/13 season Murdocca played for Melbourne City for two seasons but was released at the end of his second season. He now plays in the Victorian Premier League for Avondale.

Jean Carlos Solorzano

The Costa Rican striker was a weapon in front of goal, becoming equal top goal scorer during the streak with 11 goals despite leaving at the end of the 2010/11 season. He was also placed second top goal scorer for Brisbane that season despite only playing in 24 of the 33 games that season.

Solorzano, now 28, then moved to Melbourne Victory but wasn’t able to make an impact. He returned to Costa Rica but barely played only racking up 4 appearances for local side Punarenas. He then moved back to Brisbane where he played for a couple more years more seasons but after an injury riddled stint, he was released in April 2016 after 33 games in orange and joined Rochedale Rovers in Brisbane’s Premier League.

Matt McKay

McKay, 33, was the captain of Brisbane Roar’s Premiership and Championship winning side of the 2010/11 season. He appeared in 23 games throughout the season mainly playing in central midfield. McKay was a natural leader and was said to have given the speech at half time of extra time in their Grand Final that boosted Brisbane’s morale to come back from a 2-0 deficit to win the game in penalties.

After the 2010/11 season, McKay made a high profile moves to join Rangers in Scotland but never settled, and moved on to Busan IPark in Korea and later Changchun Yatai in China. But eventually he found his way back to Brisbane in August of 2013 and is still a key part of the Roar midfield to this day.

Luke Devere

Devere, now 27, was a solid centre-back for Roar during their invincible streak making 26 appearances for Roar that season until he left the club mid-streak in the January transfer window.

He played his last game for Roar that season on January 26 against Phoenix before joinging Gyeongnam in the K-League where he played for four seasons before returning back to Roar in the January transfer window of the 2014/15 season.

Although he missed the whole 2015/16 season through a serious thigh injury, he has been Brisbane’s go to centreback for the 2016/17 season, even scoring a 96th minute equaliser in his first game back.

Reinaldo da Costa

The once-skilful Brazilian striker made 18 appearances during Roar’s reign of terror but many were off the bench due to his inconsistency and lack of goals. He was simply unable to replicate the sparkling form from his first stint at the club in its formative A-League years when he scored 13 times in 41 games. He did however score five goals during their streak but like DeVere, he also left in the 2011 January transfer window.

After a string of lucrative but largely unsuccessful moves through the Middle East and Brazil, plus one relatively impressive season at Beijing Guoan where he scored five times in 17 appearances, Reinaldo, now 32, has finally settled in the Malaysian Super League playing for Sime Darby FC.