● Stars: Johnny Warren, Jim Fraser, Atti Abonyi, Adrian Alston, Manfred Schaefer, Bobby Hogg. ● Insight: ''There was a time during the 1972 season when we basically felt invincible. St George were the first club to be built from the inside, which meant all the best players wanted to be with us even though we didn't pay the biggest wages. The training games were harder than the matches. We killed everyone.'' - Jim Fraser (goalkeeper). ● Would they beat Brisbane? Fraser: ''Probably not, their speed would beat us, but is their skill better? No way. Apart from the training we'd stack up pretty well.'' SYDNEY CITY (1980-83)

● How good? Sydney City were one of the driving forces behind the establishment of the NSL, and in their nine seasons in the competition they won four championships and never finished lower than fifth. But their golden era was the first three seasons of the 1980s when Eddie Thomson coached a side notorious for its physicality. That tough streak disguised their technique, and once they won the physical battle, the ''Slickers'' had the skill to tear apart opponents. Their spirit is underlined by the fact they still have annual reunions even though the club hasn't played at professional level since 1987. ● Stars: John Kosmina, Murray Barnes, Ken Boden, Joe Watson, Todd Clarke, David Mitchell. ● Insight: ''We were a fairly ruthless bunch, with a winning mentality, but we could play football as well. The physical side of football was important in those days, and we could definitely compete in that area. We had a fantastic team bond - if you kicked one of us, you'd have to kick all 15 of us. But the fact that we had six or seven starting members of the national side at one stage showed how good we were.'' - John Kosmina (striker). ● Would they beat Brisbane?

Kosmina: ''We would have kicked them off the park but we couldn't have chased them off the park. Technically we could adapt, but the game was a lot more direct in those days.'' MARCONI STALLIONS (1988-90) ● How good? In those days Bossley Park was known simply as the ''Palace''. The best players were bought, the stadium was developed, the pitch was always a carpet, and the facilities were genuinely world-class at a time when the adjacent social club was a licence to print money. Three successive grand finals, two championships, and a roll call of the best players of the generation coached by Berti Mariani, whose concepts were years ahead of his time. ● Stars: Ian Gray, Peter Katholos, Bob Catlin, Tony Henderson, Zlatko Nastevki, Frank Farina. ● Insight: ''It didn't matter who the opposition was, we believed we could win every game. We won our first grand final when we were down with minutes to go, and we won the next year when we had a man (Matteo Colucci) sent off after 40 minutes. We were a passing team, but we were a team full of winners. There were a lot of dust-ups at training, nobody took a backward step. You knew when you were sitting in the dressing room it was a special side. You didn't speak about it, but you felt it.''

- Bob Catlin (goalkeeper). ● Would they beat Brisbane? Catlin: ''That's the $64,000 question. Brisbane are the best football side I've ever seen, but would we beat them? I believe we would. There's more to the game than passing the football.'' ADELAIDE CITY (1992-95) ● How good? Four grand finals in a row, two championships, and a squad that at one stage included six internationals and virtually the entire Socceroos defence. The ''Zebras'' revolutionised the NSL with a possession-based game drummed into them by authoritarian coach Zoran Matic - a larger-than-life figurehead who ran the club with an iron fist, and drove his team even harder. The wages were modest, the demands enormous, but ambitious players were attracted by the culture of success, complemented by a strong element of South Australian pride. ● Stars: Alex Tobin, Aurelio Vidmar, Damian Mori, Milan Ivanovic, Tony Vidmar, Sergio Melta.

● Insight: ''Zoran worked us incredibly hard, and there were plenty of players who couldn't cope, but because we kept winning most of us were happy to stay. In those days it was a very physical league, and plenty of teams tried to batter us, but because we could keep the ball better we'd end up winning the game. Training was very methodical, and there's no doubt Zoran was the boss, but we never questioned him because it worked. I was very proud of what we achieved.'' - Alex Tobin (defender). ● Would they beat Brisbane? Tobin: ''If you list the players, and see how they stack up, I'd like to think we could.'' WOLLONGONG WOLVES (2000-01) How good? Goals galore - think 6-0 against hapless Canberra Cosmos, think 9-4 against Newcastle Breakers, think 80 goals in 30 games in season 2000-01, think back-to-back championships including a penalty shoot-out win away from home, in front of 43,000 hostile fans in Perth, after coming from three goals down at half-time. Wollongong should have had the chance to test themselves against the best at the World Club Championships in Spain in 2001, but FIFA cancelled the tournament at the last moment and the Wolves could no longer afford to keep hold of their best players. ● Stars: Scott Chipperfield, Matthew Horsley, Stuart Young, Paul Reid, Sasho Petrovski, David Cervinski.

Insight: ''At the time you never felt you had a great team, but you had plenty of other people telling you that. What I did feel is that we were relentless, hungry, in trying to score goals. It was a team which took a couple of years to develop, and I remember when we beat the South Korean national team, who were on their way to France to play the World Cup (1998), at Brandon Park. I think I realised then we were onto something special.'' - Nick Theodorakopoulos (coach). Loading ● Would they beat Brisbane? Theodorakopoulos:''I doubt it, but we would create serious havoc.''