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

England: Top Tier 1888-1920

1888-1915 1888-1921

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Sunderland 5.117 1040 441 158 289 1672 1218 888 3
2 Aston Villa 4.958 1105 465 175 292 1925 1402 932 1
3 Everton 4.716 1046 436 174 322 1670 1335 932 2
4 Newcastle United 4.221 727 292 143 225 1012 811 660 10
5 Blackburn Rovers 3.946 954 370 214 348 1596 1499 932 4
6 Sheffield United 3.873 848 333 182 295 1240 1181 810 5
7 Sheffield Wednesday 3.563 822 327 168 311 1230 1225 806 6
8 Manchester City 3.503 570 223 124 207 855 803 554 14
9 Liverpool 3.503 734 296 142 278 1140 1069 716 8
10 Nottingham Forest 3.325 567 215 137 256 920 997 608 15
11 Burnley 3.264 409 163 83 182 692 751 428 21
12 Manchester United 3.238 449 177 95 172 685 707 444 20
13 Preston North End 3.234 762 301 160 293 1154 1077 754 7
14 Bolton Wanderers 3.232 731 301 129 324 1208 1270 754 9
15 West Bromwich Albion 3.228 601 234 133 269 963 1077 636 13
16 Derby County 3.189 668 258 152 294 1139 1238 704 12
17 Oldham Athletic 3.139 243 91 61 80 314 303 232 26
18 Bradford City 3.138 311 115 81 112 407 398 308 23
19 Middlesbrough 3.061 489 184 121 219 764 834 524 18
20 Arsenal 2.998 355 130 95 155 482 582 380 22
21 Notts County 2.864 683 250 183 341 1057 1284 774 11
22 Bristol City 2.723 181 68 45 77 257 292 190 28
23 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2.630 528 213 102 233 889 1004 548 17
24 Bradford Park Avenue 2.620 83 32 19 29 129 128 80 30
25 Bury 2.540 531 198 135 261 827 956 594 16
26 Chelsea 2.422 247 96 55 119 360 437 270 25
27 Birmingham 2.241 253 97 59 120 386 459 276 24
28 Stoke City 2.182 481 190 101 273 813 1017 564 19
29 Tottenham Hotspur 2.148 193 70 53 105 310 409 228 27
30 Grimsby Town 1.501 57 21 15 32 87 122 68 31
31 Accrington 1.192 103 35 33 54 226 313 122 29
32 Leicester Fosse 1.050 25 8 9 21 54 102 38 33
33 Darwen 0.727 30 11 8 37 75 195 56 32
34 Glossop North End 0.716 18 4 10 20 31 74 34 34

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

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