''Camp was very quiet up until Thursday or Friday,'' he said.

"We were very quiet, just focused on getting our minds and bodies right. Thursday and Friday we had a quiet belief that we could come up here and do a job.''

Both men pinpointed the team's end of season surge as the reason for the triumph.

It was only a few months ago that Victory were roundly booed after losing at home to Brisbane and there were calls for the head of coach Kevin Muscat.

''Early in the season we were conceding some silly goals late on, in the wrong time of the games.

''We came under criticism for the first half of the year and rightfully so. It's a special moment, we have made history tonight as a group. Who knows if the group will stay together as they are. It's one that we will enjoy,'' Broxham said.

Valeri said the win - that leaves Victory equal with South Melbourne, Marconi and Sydney City (in the old NSL days) on most titles won with four - was the most memorable, if only because it was the most recent.

''You hear it many times, but the group was outstanding this year. We went through a lot of lows, and some highs, and we stayed humble in those highs and we really stuck together in those lows and it shone through in the end.

''We hit form late and took that into the finals. To win from fourth is something special. This group will stick with me for the rest of my life.''

He was guarded about his own future.

''I am on good terms with the club. There's time to sit down. We are on texting terms with most of the board and 'Musky' [Kevin Muscat] so that's not a problem. This is about figuring out whas best for the club and for myself.''

Did he have any sympathy for Sydney, who finished 23 points clear of Vicctory on the regular season league table.

''Sydney did an outstanding job to do what they did. I am traditonal, first past the post, but here in Australia it works finals and we ended up in the finals, and we had the better run of form.

''We beat Adelaide, who I think is a great team, then we beat Sydney. We had a tough run, we proved a lot of people wrong. It was great to have that satisfaction and reward for the belief we had.''

Was the Brisbane game a wake up call?

''The thing I love about Victory is that you are expected to win. If we don't fingers are going to be pointed.

''We were inconsistent, but that's part of the job. I have to take the boos and enjoy the applause. It's nothing against me personally, they don't know me personally ... it's just that they are rating my performance.

''We ended up bringing the trophy home to them, so I think we will get some applause when we get home.''