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

England 1888-1911

‹ 1888-1910 History 1888-1912 ›

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Newcastle United 3.607 800 338 124 219 1232 906 681 11
2 Liverpool 3.550 759 318 123 228 1223 912 669 14
3 Aston Villa 3.475 983 419 145 247 1744 1204 811 1
4 Everton 3.128 946 402 142 274 1550 1165 818 2
5 Nottingham Forest 3.020 717 279 159 284 1137 1133 722 18
6 Bolton Wanderers 2.953 838 352 134 314 1348 1222 800 5
7 Manchester United 2.941 808 344 120 228 1266 971 692 10
8 Manchester City 2.889 750 309 132 231 1257 1017 672 17
9 Sheffield Wednesday 2.687 786 324 138 263 1181 1046 725 12
10 West Bromwich Albion 2.480 833 339 155 312 1330 1254 806 7
11 Woolwich Arsenal 2.479 704 288 128 237 1094 931 653 20
12 Sunderland 2.464 881 372 137 244 1419 1024 753 3
13 Bradford City 2.443 347 144 59 113 488 412 316 34
14 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2.432 813 330 153 327 1310 1353 810 8
15 Chelsea 2.381 278 114 50 79 424 314 243 38
16 Blackburn Rovers 2.359 809 318 173 313 1370 1312 804 9
17 Bristol City 2.348 443 179 85 131 630 513 395 27
18 Sheffield United 2.308 759 300 159 240 1107 1004 699 15
19 Bury 2.284 614 240 134 258 972 985 632 23
20 Derby County 2.258 837 335 167 313 1400 1347 815 6
21 Preston North End 2.256 851 337 177 284 1315 1048 798 4
22 Tottenham Hotspur 2.153 175 65 45 56 247 232 166 45
23 Birmingham 2.133 705 289 127 252 1182 1042 668 19
24 Oldham Athletic 2.100 193 81 31 51 267 180 163 41
25 Burnley 2.097 757 302 153 323 1205 1246 778 16
26 Notts County 2.006 760 297 166 330 1289 1298 793 13
27 Middlesbrough 1.765 441 169 103 194 682 704 466 28
28 Grimsby Town 1.721 631 263 105 265 1039 1032 633 21
29 Stoke City 1.720 584 232 120 313 970 1164 665 24
30 Leicester Fosse 1.638 622 245 132 231 949 959 608 22
31 Southampton 1.556 66 26 14 17 88 79 57 53
32 Fulham 1.334 190 74 42 60 274 225 176 43
33 Barnsley 1.284 439 166 107 219 713 818 492 29
34 Glossop 1.273 433 163 107 212 668 774 482 30
35 Swindon Town 1.054 19 9 1 5 23 18 15 63
36 Hull City 1.010 279 114 51 77 413 310 242 37
37 Gainsborough Trinity 0.901 456 173 110 258 702 988 541 26
38 Burslem Port Vale 0.865 371 144 83 206 641 839 433 33
39 Blackpool 0.855 430 158 114 237 633 865 509 31
40 Chesterfield 0.800 323 117 89 168 497 633 374 35
41 Lincoln City 0.762 492 190 112 311 841 1166 613 25
42 New Brighton Tower 0.698 122 49 24 32 198 156 105 46
43 Darwen 0.680 188 80 28 137 426 641 245 44
44 Burton United 0.676 376 147 82 262 663 1014 491 32
45 West Ham United 0.671 24 9 6 7 33 23 22 60
46 Leeds City 0.638 214 82 50 104 322 378 236 40
47 Stockport County 0.632 298 111 76 187 432 673 374 36
48 Bradford Park Avenue 0.624 111 46 19 53 183 181 118 48
49 Crystal Palace 0.576 19 6 7 6 22 35 19 64
50 Accrington 0.575 116 41 34 59 251 334 134 47
51 Clapton Orient 0.571 192 72 48 113 239 366 233 42
52 Walsall 0.558 215 83 49 117 420 524 249 39
53 Burton Wanderers 0.534 100 43 14 39 173 157 96 49
54 Millwall 0.494 25 10 5 14 30 49 29 59
55 Coventry City 0.465 11 5 1 3 12 14 9 73
56 Huddersfield Town 0.426 34 13 8 17 57 58 38 56
57 Norwich City 0.392 16 6 4 6 23 21 16 67
58 Brentford 0.355 12 5 2 5 15 14 12 70
59 Plymouth Argyle 0.310 13 4 5 8 20 32 17 69
60 Portsmouth 0.293 22 8 6 12 31 50 26 61
61 Reading 0.288 19 5 9 12 22 54 26 65
62 Luton Town 0.276 75 29 17 66 168 251 112 51
63 Brighton & Hove Albion 0.274 12 3 6 6 14 19 15 72
64 Bristol Rovers 0.268 18 7 4 9 15 22 20 66
65 Bootle 0.265 21 9 3 14 52 76 26 62
66 Doncaster Rovers 0.263 67 25 17 60 107 211 102 52
67 Crewe Alexandra 0.249 62 21 20 80 151 367 121 54
68 Loughborough 0.232 88 34 20 105 171 411 159 50
69 Middlesbrough Iron 0.230 27 11 5 21 48 98 37 58
70 Darlington 0.221 4 2 0 1 3 4 3 79
71 Rotherham Town 0.213 56 24 8 57 133 251 89 55
72 Northwich Victoria 0.201 31 13 5 34 75 161 52 57
73 New Brompton 0.201 12 3 6 6 11 12 15 71
74 Queens Park Rangers 0.171 16 5 6 7 15 17 18 68
75 Northampton Town 0.122 8 2 4 7 13 18 13 75
76 Sunderland Albion 0.119 8 3 2 3 14 13 8 74
77 Derby Midland 0.102 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 86
78 Leyton 0.088 7 2 3 2 5 5 7 76
79 Carlisle United 0.052 4 1 2 3 9 19 6 82
80 Chatham Town 0.051 4 1 2 1 7 15 4 81
81 Birmingham St George 0.044 5 2 1 3 10 18 6 77
82 Kettering Town 0.029 5 2 1 6 6 28 9 78
83 Southend United 0.026 4 1 2 2 5 9 5 80
84 Heanor Town 0.015 1 0 1 4 2 10 5 92
85 Stockton 0.013 1 0 1 4 2 25 5 94
86 Croydon Common 0.012 1 0 1 2 2 11 3 93
87 Tunbridge Wells 0.011 1 0 1 1 1 6 2 90
88 Chester City 0.009 2 1 0 2 1 9 3 88
89 Watford 0.009 3 1 1 6 9 15 8 84
90 Accrington Stanley 0.008 3 1 1 3 3 11 5 85
91 Oxford City 0.004 1 0 1 2 0 7 3 91
92 Birmingham St George's 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 87
92 Exeter City 0 3 1 1 2 3 6 4 83
92 Wrexham 0 1 0 1 1 2 3 2 89
92 Barrow 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 95
92 Newcastle East End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 96
92 Newcastle West End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 97
92 Wigan Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 98
92 Long Eaton Rangers 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 99
92 Marlow 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 100
92 93rd Highland Regiment 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 101
92 Hucknall St. John's 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 102
92 Old Carthusians 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 103
92 New Crusaders 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 1 104
92 South Shore 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 2 105
92 Workington 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 2 106
92 Shrewsbury Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 107
92 Southport 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 108
92 Old Westminsters 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 2 109
92 Jarrow 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 2 110
92 Shankhouse 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 111
92 Staple Hill 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 1 112
92 Crusaders 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 2 113
92 Hastings & St Leonards United 0 0 0 0 3 1 6 3 114
92 Swifts 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 115
92 Woking 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 116
92 Irthlingborough Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 1 117
92 Chorley 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 118
92 Worcester City 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 119
92 Lisburn Distillery 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 1 120
92 Worksop Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 1 121
92 Fairfield 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 1 122
92 Bishop Auckland 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 2 123
92 King's Lynn 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 1 124
92 Halliwell 0 0 0 0 2 2 15 2 125
92 Clapton 0 0 0 0 2 1 17 2 126
92 Kidderminster Harriers 0 0 0 0 3 1 21 3 127
92 Casuals 0 0 0 0 4 1 23 4 128

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

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Includes 23 seasons from 1888-89 to 1910-11.

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.