On a positive note, some of the experienced Lions players further etched themselves among the greats at the Club while some of the younger members of the side are well on their way to creating their own history.
The following is a brief account of what major changes have occurred in the Club’s official records over the past 12 months.
For full details, please click here to view the Club records online.
Black in top half dozen
Vice-Captain Simon Black played 18 of a possible 22 matches in 2010 which moved him up three places on the Club’s all-time games list to sixth overall.
Black has played a total of 274 matches with the Club and sits behind only Kevin Murray (333), Marcus Ashcroft (318), Alastair Lynch (306), Michael Voss (289) and Nigel Lappin (279) in our Club’s rich history.
In 2010 he overtook the likes of Shaun Hart (273), Paul Roos (269), Garry Wilson (268), Darryl White (268) and Chris Johnson (264) in total matches played for the Club.
Fellow midfielder Luke Power is next in line with 262 matches to rank 12th overall.
Brown has goals in his sights
Captain Jonathan Brown booted a team-high 53 goals from just 16 matches this year to move into outright fifth position on the Club’s all-time goal-kicking tally.
He passed Garry Wilson (452), Allan Ruthven (442) and Jim Freake (442) in 2010 and sits behind only Alastair Lynch (633), Jack Moriarty (626), Bernie Quinlan (576) and Daniel Bradshaw (496).
With a few good years of football still left in the Lions skipper, he seems almost certain to pass Daniel Bradshaw next season and is 157 goals shy of Lynch’s Club record.
Young Lions remain durable
While former Club great Marcus Ashcroft holds the record for most consecutive matches at the Lions with 170, the current streaks of consecutive matches belong to a couple of young cubs.
Michael Rischitelli’s recent departure from the Club means that 2009 Rising Star Daniel Rich now holds the record for most consecutive games currently at the Lions.
Rich hasn’t missed a match since making his debut in Round 1 in 2009 and has since played 46 straight matches - including two Finals. It’s remarkable to think that the 20 year-old will most likely bring up his 50-game milestone in the early stages of next season.
Like Rich, fellow 2008 draftee Jack Redden has remained in the senior side since making his debut in Round 15 last year and sits second on the list with 32 consecutive matches.
Good kicking, bad football
It was one of the Lions’ poorest performances of the season, but the team’s capitulation at the hands of Hawthorn at Aurora Stadium in Tasmania this year broke a couple of Club records.
The Lions booted a paltry 7.1 (43) which was the Club’s most accurate kicking for goal since the merger.
With limited opportunities up forward, the Lions converted 87.5% of their shots in front of goal which bettered the Club’s effort against Fremantle from back in 1997 when they kicked 15.3 - a goal accuracy of 83.3%.
The score also proved the equal least amount of scoring shots (8) from the Brisbane Lions in a senior match. The only other time the side has had so few scoring shots was against Geelong at Skilled Stadium last year when they kicked their lowest ever score of 5.3 (33).
Longest losing streak
The Lions equalled their longest ever losing streak post-merger by losing eight matches in-a-row from Rounds 11-18 this year. This ‘feat’ had only been achieved once before when the Lions lost eight games consecutively across two seasons - from Round 21 1997 to Round 5 1998.
The streak was broken with the team’s thrilling last minute win against West Coast at Subiaco in Round 9 when Jonathan Brown booted a goal with the last kick of the day to secure a five-point victory.
Bumper crowd for Carlton
It was always going to big a big game, but the Round 2 clash between the Lions and Carlton was easily the biggest attendance for a match between the two sides at the Gabba.
A sell-out crowd of 36,780 witnessed Brendan Fevola’s first official match against his former club in the Lions’ come-from-behind win.
The crowd was also the fourth biggest ever experienced at the Gabba for an AFL match.
