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

England: Top Tier 1888-1912

1888-1911 1888-1913

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Aston Villa 5.428 932 396 140 240 1637 1155 776 1
2 Sunderland 5.301 857 359 139 234 1370 992 732 3
3 Newcastle United 5.170 581 238 105 161 836 629 504 9
4 Everton 4.811 890 378 134 264 1431 1111 776 2
5 Sheffield United 4.078 694 272 150 232 1013 941 654 6
6 Blackburn Rovers 4.013 778 303 172 301 1292 1276 776 4
7 Sheffield Wednesday 3.868 673 271 131 248 1013 982 650 7
8 Liverpool 3.742 577 233 111 216 909 817 560 10
9 Manchester United 3.641 297 121 55 112 464 490 288 20
10 Nottingham Forest 3.589 567 215 137 256 920 997 608 12
11 Preston North End 3.547 694 275 144 255 1045 935 674 5
12 Manchester City 3.493 402 158 86 154 631 612 398 18
13 Notts County 3.344 593 222 149 285 932 1097 656 8
14 Bradford City 3.247 159 64 31 57 208 186 152 25
15 Woolwich Arsenal 3.119 295 112 71 117 400 450 300 21
16 Bolton Wanderers 3.092 570 239 92 267 941 1006 598 11
17 Bristol City 2.948 181 68 45 77 257 292 190 24
18 Middlesbrough 2.926 336 126 84 158 509 566 368 19
19 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2.834 528 213 102 233 889 1004 548 15
20 Derby County 2.763 561 220 121 245 968 1044 586 13
21 West Bromwich Albion 2.758 420 163 94 223 707 895 480 17
22 Bury 2.736 531 198 135 261 827 956 594 14
23 Oldham Athletic 2.517 75 28 19 29 90 95 76 29
24 Birmingham 2.413 253 97 59 120 386 459 276 23
25 Stoke City 2.345 481 190 101 273 813 1017 564 16
26 Burnley 2.343 279 112 55 143 505 592 310 22
27 Tottenham Hotspur 2.182 101 38 25 51 158 185 114 28
28 Chelsea 2.157 102 39 24 51 156 193 114 27
29 Grimsby Town 1.621 57 21 15 32 87 122 68 30
30 Accrington 1.264 103 35 33 54 226 313 122 26
31 Leicester Fosse 1.161 25 8 9 21 54 102 38 32
32 Darwen 0.782 30 11 8 37 75 195 56 31
33 Glossop North End 0.766 18 4 10 20 31 74 34 33

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

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