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

England 1889-90

1888-89 History 1890-91

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Preston North End 15.867 37 17 3 5 83 34 25 2
2 Blackburn Rovers 13.650 37 17 3 7 99 44 27 1
3 Everton 11.619 33 15 3 6 78 46 24 3
4 Wolverhampton Wanderers 9.873 33 14 5 8 67 40 27 4
5 Sunderland Albion 7.813 2 1 0 0 3 1 1 15
6 Accrington 7.284 28 11 6 8 60 59 25 5
7 West Bromwich Albion 5.857 25 11 3 10 48 56 24 7
8 Bolton Wanderers 5.321 25 12 1 13 81 71 26 6
9 Derby County 5.101 21 9 3 11 45 66 23 10
10 Aston Villa 4.619 21 8 5 11 48 57 24 9
11 Sheffield Wednesday 4.562 10 5 0 2 20 13 7 13
12 Notts County 4.476 24 9 6 13 61 67 28 8
13 Stoke City 1.841 14 5 4 17 34 83 26 11
14 Burnley 1.716 13 4 5 14 37 67 23 12
15 Sheffield United 0.286 2 1 0 1 2 14 2 20
16 Birmingham St George 0.115 1 0 1 1 6 10 2 21
17 Derby Midland 0 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 14
17 Birmingham City 0 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 16
17 Grimsby Town 0 2 1 0 1 2 4 2 17
17 Lincoln City 0 2 1 0 1 2 4 2 18
17 Bootle 0 2 1 0 2 3 11 3 19
17 Newcastle West End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 22
17 South Shore 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 23
17 Sunderland 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 24
17 Clapton 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 25
17 Chester City 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 26
17 Old Carthusians 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 27
17 Nottingham Forest 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 28
17 Old Westminsters 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 29
17 Manchester United 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 30
17 Swifts 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 31
17 Lisburn Distillery 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 1 32

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.