Eigenrankings

Ranking football clubs by the dominant eigenvector of the normalized points-won matrix.

England 1896-97

‹ 1895-96		1897-98 ›

		EP	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GP	PR
1	Aston Villa	19.377	59	26	7	4	90	44	37	1
2	Preston North End	6.922	40	13	14	8	66	45	35	5
3	Derby County	6.761	42	19	4	11	86	55	34	4
4	Sheffield United	6.474	36	13	10	8	43	31	31	10
5	Liverpool	6.272	40	15	10	10	54	46	35	7
6	Everton	6.067	39	18	3	14	77	64	35	8
7	Bury	4.415	33	11	11	11	51	48	33	13
8	Bolton Wanderers	4.389	34	13	8	13	47	52	34	12
9	Sheffield Wednesday	4.160	31	10	11	10	42	38	31	15
10	West Bromwich Albion	3.951	28	11	6	15	35	58	32	25
11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3.814	30	12	6	14	48	44	32	19
12	Nottingham Forest	3.410	31	11	9	14	49	52	34	18
13	Sunderland	3.348	29	9	11	16	39	52	36	22
14	Blackburn Rovers	3.030	29	13	3	17	39	66	33	23
15	Stoke City	2.993	27	12	3	17	54	63	32	26
16	Burnley	2.843	22	7	8	20	46	66	35	30
17	Notts County	2.054	50	22	6	8	98	47	36	2
18	Grimsby Town	1.320	40	17	6	10	71	51	33	6
19	Manchester United	1.297	47	20	7	11	68	44	38	3
20	Birmingham City	0.911	37	16	5	10	70	49	31	9
21	Newcastle United	0.732	35	17	1	13	56	57	31	11
22	Blackpool	0.725	31	13	5	12	59	56	30	16
23	Gainsborough Trinity	0.682	31	12	7	11	50	47	30	17
24	Manchester City	0.633	32	12	8	11	58	56	31	14
25	Leicester City	0.577	30	13	4	13	59	57	30	20
26	Darwen	0.573	28	14	0	16	67	61	30	24
27	Arsenal	0.518	30	13	4	13	68	70	30	21
28	Walsall	0.406	26	11	4	15	54	69	30	27
29	Loughborough	0.389	25	12	1	17	50	64	30	28
30	Burton United	0.379	24	9	6	16	49	65	31	29
31	Burton Wanderers	0.261	20	9	2	20	33	72	31	31
32	Lincoln City	0.176	12	5	2	23	27	85	30	32
33	Stockton	0.092	1	0	1	1	1	12	2	35
34	Southampton	0.043	4	1	2	1	4	5	4	33
35	Heanor Town	0.007	1	0	1	1	1	2	2	34
36	Millwall	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	36
36	Luton Town	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	37
36	Glossop North End	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	1	38
36	Kettering Town	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	1	39
36	Barnsley	0	0	0	0	1	1	8	1	40

EigenPoints, Points, Wins, Draws, Losses, GoalsFor, GoalsAgainst, GamesPlayed, PointsRank.

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Includes league matches and play-offs from the top tiers of English football, the FA Cup (proper rounds), the League Cup, and the Community Shield. Matches decided on penalties are treated as ties.