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

England: Top Tier 1888-1915

1888-1914 1888-1920

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Sunderland 5.011 992 419 154 273 1600 1159 846 3
2 Aston Villa 4.931 1063 447 169 274 1850 1329 890 1
3 Everton 4.844 1008 424 160 306 1601 1267 890 2
4 Blackburn Rovers 4.210 917 357 203 330 1532 1422 890 4
5 Newcastle United 4.138 684 275 134 209 968 772 618 9
6 Sheffield United 3.993 808 317 174 277 1181 1112 768 5
7 Sheffield Wednesday 3.909 799 320 159 285 1202 1161 764 6
8 Oldham Athletic 3.461 205 76 53 61 265 251 190 25
9 Liverpool 3.459 686 277 132 265 1081 1025 674 8
10 Bolton Wanderers 3.438 684 282 120 310 1136 1205 712 10
11 Manchester City 3.387 525 205 115 192 784 741 512 17
12 Nottingham Forest 3.344 567 215 137 256 920 997 608 13
13 Preston North End 3.229 724 287 150 275 1097 1004 712 7
14 Manchester United 3.201 409 164 81 157 631 657 402 20
15 Burnley 3.188 358 142 74 170 627 692 386 21
16 Bradford City 3.135 272 101 70 95 353 335 266 23
17 West Bromwich Albion 3.104 541 206 129 259 859 1030 594 14
18 Derby County 3.102 630 245 140 277 1092 1181 662 12
19 Middlesbrough 2.992 449 169 111 202 703 769 482 19
20 Notts County 2.806 647 238 171 323 1001 1210 732 11
21 Bristol City 2.738 181 68 45 77 257 292 190 28
22 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2.650 528 213 102 233 889 1004 548 16
23 Woolwich Arsenal 2.641 313 115 83 140 426 524 338 22
24 Bury 2.556 531 198 135 261 827 956 594 15
25 Bradford Park Avenue 2.499 41 17 7 14 69 65 38 31
26 Birmingham 2.252 253 97 59 120 386 459 276 24
27 Stoke City 2.197 481 190 101 273 813 1017 564 18
28 Chelsea 2.191 198 74 50 104 304 386 228 26
29 Tottenham Hotspur 2.174 193 70 53 105 310 409 228 27
30 Grimsby Town 1.514 57 21 15 32 87 122 68 30
31 Accrington 1.210 103 35 33 54 226 313 122 29
32 Leicester Fosse 1.041 25 8 9 21 54 102 38 33
33 Darwen 0.736 30 11 8 37 75 195 56 32
34 Glossop North End 0.722 18 4 10 20 31 74 34 34

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

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