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

England 1888-1909

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EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Liverpool 3.885 672 281 110 199 1088 796 590 16
2 Nottingham Forest 3.635 654 257 140 244 1022 979 641 18
3 Bolton Wanderers 3.212 763 322 119 281 1234 1105 722 5
4 Newcastle United 3.199 689 293 103 193 1065 798 589 12
5 Aston Villa 3.194 873 371 131 228 1577 1114 730 1
6 Everton 3.189 847 361 125 246 1428 1060 732 2
7 Sheffield Wednesday 3.183 704 292 120 234 1073 932 646 11
8 Manchester United 2.892 707 301 105 206 1120 864 612 10
9 Bristol City 2.790 381 155 71 89 537 379 315 27
10 Tottenham Hotspur 2.754 103 38 27 18 129 92 83 46
11 Sheffield United 2.634 679 269 141 211 994 916 621 14
12 Manchester City 2.626 657 273 111 206 1122 913 590 17
13 West Bromwich Albion 2.610 736 298 140 286 1194 1150 724 6
14 Woolwich Arsenal 2.587 631 262 107 204 1011 808 573 20
15 Birmingham 2.514 649 269 111 209 1096 893 589 19
16 Preston North End 2.512 779 309 161 249 1221 936 719 4
17 Derby County 2.483 734 292 150 291 1240 1237 733 7
18 Bury 2.464 550 218 114 221 862 838 553 23
19 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2.404 729 295 139 295 1186 1231 729 8
20 Sunderland 2.349 791 337 117 219 1281 919 673 3
21 Chelsea 2.286 189 78 33 48 293 202 159 38
22 Notts County 2.255 682 268 146 301 1182 1187 715 13
23 Blackburn Rovers 2.128 714 281 152 286 1212 1192 719 9
24 Burnley 2.076 674 271 132 293 1087 1137 696 15
25 Grimsby Town 1.962 603 252 99 240 976 950 591 21
26 Stoke City 1.950 583 232 119 311 967 1159 662 22
27 Middlesbrough 1.931 372 145 82 157 570 558 384 29
28 Southampton 1.865 64 25 14 15 86 71 54 52
29 Bradford City 1.745 245 100 45 86 359 318 231 35
30 Fulham 1.509 109 44 21 31 168 125 96 45
31 Leicester Fosse 1.459 536 207 122 196 806 830 525 24
32 Glossop 1.343 356 132 92 180 555 652 404 32
33 Barnsley 1.132 357 137 83 185 580 691 405 31
34 Oldham Athletic 1.070 96 41 14 28 140 96 83 48
35 Hull City 1.060 177 75 27 59 273 220 161 40
36 Gainsborough Trinity 0.980 400 154 92 216 629 853 462 26
37 Burslem Port Vale 0.949 371 144 83 206 641 839 433 30
38 Chesterfield 0.885 320 116 88 166 493 627 370 34
39 Blackpool 0.865 351 128 95 207 532 766 430 33
40 Lincoln City 0.782 437 173 91 273 771 1025 537 25
41 New Brighton Tower 0.760 122 49 24 32 198 156 105 42
42 Darwen 0.742 188 80 28 137 426 641 245 39
43 Burton United 0.726 376 147 82 262 663 1014 491 28
44 Leeds City 0.677 150 57 36 65 217 238 158 41
45 Stockport County 0.662 232 86 60 150 331 544 296 36
46 Accrington 0.627 116 41 34 59 251 334 134 44
47 Walsall 0.609 215 83 49 117 420 524 249 37
48 Burton Wanderers 0.570 100 43 14 39 173 157 96 47
49 Crystal Palace 0.563 19 6 7 4 21 28 17 61
50 Clapton Orient 0.543 117 41 35 79 157 267 155 43
51 Millwall 0.538 25 10 5 12 29 42 27 58
52 Brentford 0.472 12 5 2 4 15 13 11 65
53 Bradford Park Avenue 0.437 32 13 6 19 51 59 38 55
54 Reading 0.354 19 5 9 11 22 49 25 62
55 Portsmouth 0.341 20 7 6 10 27 45 23 60
56 Norwich City 0.325 13 5 3 4 19 15 12 64
57 Bootle 0.311 21 9 3 14 52 76 26 59
58 Luton Town 0.294 75 29 17 65 167 246 111 50
59 Doncaster Rovers 0.287 67 25 17 60 107 211 102 51
60 Middlesbrough Iron 0.251 27 11 5 21 48 98 37 57
61 Loughborough 0.247 88 34 20 105 171 411 159 49
62 Rotherham Town 0.226 56 24 8 57 133 251 89 54
63 Northwich Victoria 0.217 31 13 5 34 75 161 52 56
64 New Brompton 0.216 10 3 4 4 9 8 11 68
65 Bristol Rovers 0.206 15 6 3 7 13 17 16 63
66 Plymouth Argyle 0.192 12 4 4 6 17 22 14 67
67 Crewe Alexandra 0.188 60 20 20 79 147 362 119 53
68 West Ham United 0.155 12 4 4 5 12 14 13 66
69 Sunderland Albion 0.146 8 3 2 3 14 13 8 70
70 Brighton & Hove Albion 0.139 9 2 5 4 11 15 11 69
71 Derby Midland 0.135 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 80
72 Queens Park Rangers 0.098 7 2 3 5 4 8 10 71
73 Swindon Town 0.092 5 2 1 3 5 9 6 72
74 Chatham Town 0.067 4 1 2 1 7 15 4 75
75 Birmingham St George 0.053 5 2 1 3 10 18 6 73
76 Carlisle United 0.052 3 1 1 2 8 13 4 79
77 Kettering Town 0.029 5 2 1 6 6 28 9 74
78 Heanor Town 0.020 1 0 1 4 2 10 5 88
79 Croydon Common 0.016 1 0 1 1 1 3 2 84
80 Stockton 0.015 1 0 1 4 2 25 5 89
81 Northampton Town 0.014 1 0 1 5 6 14 6 87
82 Tunbridge Wells 0.012 1 0 1 1 1 6 2 85
83 Chester City 0.010 2 1 0 2 1 9 3 82
84 Watford 0.009 3 1 1 4 9 10 6 77
85 Accrington Stanley 0.008 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 76
86 Oxford City 0.004 1 0 1 2 0 7 3 86
87 Exeter City 0 3 1 1 1 3 4 3 78
87 Birmingham St George's 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 81
87 Wrexham 0 1 0 1 1 2 3 2 83
87 Barrow 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 90
87 Newcastle East End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 91
87 Newcastle West End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 92
87 Wigan Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 93
87 Coventry City 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 94
87 Long Eaton Rangers 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 95
87 Marlow 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 96
87 93rd Highland Regiment 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 97
87 Hucknall St. John's 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 98
87 Old Carthusians 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 99
87 Workington 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 100
87 New Crusaders 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 1 101
87 South Shore 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 2 102
87 Bishop Auckland 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 103
87 Southport 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 104
87 Old Westminsters 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 2 105
87 Jarrow 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 2 106
87 Shankhouse 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 107
87 Staple Hill 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 1 108
87 Crusaders 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 2 109
87 Hastings & St Leonards United 0 0 0 0 3 1 6 3 110
87 Swifts 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 111
87 Woking 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 112
87 Irthlingborough Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 1 113
87 Chorley 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 114
87 Worcester City 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 115
87 Lisburn Distillery 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 1 116
87 Worksop Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 1 117
87 Fairfield 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 1 118
87 King's Lynn 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 1 119
87 Halliwell 0 0 0 0 2 2 15 2 120
87 Clapton 0 0 0 0 2 1 17 2 121
87 Kidderminster Harriers 0 0 0 0 3 1 21 3 122
87 Casuals 0 0 0 0 4 1 23 4 123

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

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Includes 21 seasons from 1888-89 to 1908-09.

Includes league matches from the top 4 tiers of English football, the FA Cup (proper rounds), the League Cup, and the Community Shield. Matches decided on penalties are treated as ties.