Full Time Analysis weblog - the weblog focuses on the football leagues and tournaments covered on TipsChallenge bringing up trends, statistics and any other interesting football issues. http://blog.tipschallenge.com/ en-us Liverpool increased its lead on Chelsea to three points after beating Newcastle and Chelsea could only draw against Fulham in round 20 of the English Premiership http://blog.tipschallenge.com/blog.php?myess1=158 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:04:00 +1100 http://blog.tipschallenge.com/blog.php?myess1=158 Newcastle Jets slipped out of finals contention after the loss to the Central Coast Mariners having taken an early lead in that match http://blog.tipschallenge.com/blog.php?myess1=157 Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:41:00 +1100 http://blog.tipschallenge.com/blog.php?myess1=157 There were no big surprises in round 19 from the Boxing Day English premiership matches but Aston Villa's draw against Arsenal meant the Midlands team maintained fourth place http://blog.tipschallenge.com/blog.php?myess1=156 Sun, 28 Dec 2008 13:38:00 +1100 http://blog.tipschallenge.com/blog.php?myess1=156 Manchester City dropped into the relegation when Sunderland beat Hull City and stayed there when they failed to beat West Bromwich Albion http://blog.tipschallenge.com/blog.php?myess1=155 Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:47:00 +1100 http://blog.tipschallenge.com/blog.php?myess1=155 Perth Glory beat Sydney FC to come within striking distance of the top four places on the A-League ladder http://blog.tipschallenge.com/blog.php?myess1=154 Mon, 22 Dec 2008 23:30:00 +1100 http://blog.tipschallenge.com/blog.php?myess1=154 The UEFA Champions League draw has been made and Claudio Ranieri's Juventus has been paired against his former club Chelsea http://blog.tipschallenge.com/blog.php?myess1=153 Sun, 21 Dec 2008 14:19:00 +1100 http://blog.tipschallenge.com/blog.php?myess1=153 In round 17b of the English Premier League, both Liverpool and Chelsea drew at home and both teams have failed to win convincingly at home despite being first and second in the league http://blog.tipschallenge.com/blog.php?myess1=152 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:48:00 +1100 http://blog.tipschallenge.com/blog.php?myess1=152 Queensland Roar rose up to third position on the ladder in the A-League after coming from behind to beat defending champions Newcastle Jets at the Suncorp Stadium http://blog.tipschallenge.com/blog.php?myess1=151 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:48:00 +1100 http://blog.tipschallenge.com/blog.php?myess1=151 Celtic got its first win in this season's UEFA Champions League campaign after beating Villareal at Celtic Park http://blog.tipschallenge.com/blog.php?myess1=150 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:17:00 +1100 http://blog.tipschallenge.com/blog.php?myess1=150 Going into day six of the UEFA Champions League, group leaders in groups A, B and D were still to be decided and Roma, Panathinaikos and Liverpool took those positions http://blog.tipschallenge.com/blog.php?myess1=149 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:53:00 +1100 http://blog.tipschallenge.com/blog.php?myess1=149 Juande Ramos has replaced Bernd Schuster at Real Madrid with Real lying fifth in La Liga and nine points behind league leaders Barcelona http://blog.tipschallenge.com/blog.php?myess1=148 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:09:00 +1100 http://blog.tipschallenge.com/blog.php?myess1=148 After a spate of draws and losses for the top teams in the English Premiership in the last few rounds, this time all the top six teams on the ladder won http://blog.tipschallenge.com/blog.php?myess1=147 Tue, 9 Dec 2008 22:52:00 +1100 http://blog.tipschallenge.com/blog.php?myess1=147 Adelaide United turned on the style as they beat Wellington Phoenix 6-1 at Hindmarsh Stadium in their last match before going to the FIFA Club World Cup in Japan http://blog.tipschallenge.com/blog.php?myess1=146 Mon, 8 Dec 2008 21:45:00 +1100 http://blog.tipschallenge.com/blog.php?myess1=146 Sunderland will soon be the fifth team to have a different manager than the one they started with at the start of the season after Roy Keane decided to leave his position as manager at the club. http://blog.tipschallenge.com/blog.php?myess1=145 Fri, 5 Dec 2008 13:30:00 +1100 http://blog.tipschallenge.com/blog.php?myess1=145 For the second successive round Liverpool were held at home to a goalless draw and this time by West Ham. http://blog.tipschallenge.com/blog.php?myess1=144 Tue, 2 Dec 2008 23:12:00 +1100 http://blog.tipschallenge.com/blog.php?myess1=144