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

England 1889-90

1888-89 1890-91

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Preston North End 23.021 43 20 3 4 82 30 27 1
2 Everton 12.879 31 14 3 5 65 40 22 4
3 Wolverhampton Wanderers 12.065 34 14 6 8 68 47 28 2
4 West Bromwich Albion 7.892 31 14 3 9 65 55 26 5
5 Accrington 7.637 25 9 7 8 54 62 24 6
6 Blackburn Rovers 7.456 33 14 5 8 94 47 27 3
7 Derby County 5.957 23 10 3 11 47 60 24 8
8 Swifts 5.714 2 1 0 0 3 1 1 18
9 Aston Villa 5.217 23 9 5 11 52 64 25 7
10 Notts County 3.766 19 7 5 12 47 54 24 9
11 Bolton Wanderers 3.703 19 9 1 12 54 65 22 10
12 Burnley 1.943 15 5 5 14 41 73 24 11
13 Stoke City 1.785 10 3 4 15 27 69 22 12
14 Sheffield Wednesday 0.869 5 2 1 1 7 6 4 14
15 Notts Rangers 0.097 1 0 1 1 1 4 2 22
16 Birmingham St George 0 4 2 0 1 6 6 3 15
16 Chatham 0 6 2 2 1 9 16 5 13
16 Halliwell 0 3 1 1 1 9 6 3 16
16 Grimsby Town 0 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 19
16 Walsall 0 2 1 0 1 6 7 2 20
16 Linfield Athletic 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 21
16 Nottingham Forest 0 3 0 3 1 7 8 4 17
16 Crewe Alexandra 0 1 0 1 1 3 7 2 23
16 Old Carthusians 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 1 24
16 Old Westminsters 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 1 25
16 Birmingham City 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 26
16 Long Eaton Rangers 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 27
16 Witton 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 28
16 South Shore 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 29
16 Derby Junction 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 30
16 Sunderland Albion 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 31
16 Wrexham 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 32
16 Old Brightonians 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 33
16 Bootle 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 34
16 Sheffield Heeley 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 35

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

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