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

England 1895-96

1894-95 1896-97

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Aston Villa 16.673 55 25 5 5 96 50 35 1
2 Derby County 9.482 41 17 7 7 69 37 31 8
3 Everton 9.135 44 18 8 8 73 48 34 4
4 Sunderland 8.277 43 18 7 9 68 45 34 5
5 Bolton Wanderers 7.870 41 18 5 10 52 39 33 9
6 Preston North End 4.761 30 12 6 14 46 50 32 18
7 Sheffield United 4.758 29 11 7 15 45 54 33 20
8 Blackburn Rovers 4.660 32 13 6 14 45 55 33 16
9 Stoke City 4.536 32 16 0 16 59 51 32 15
10 Sheffield Wednesday 4.474 35 15 5 14 57 57 34 11
11 Bury 4.296 29 13 3 16 54 56 32 19
12 Nottingham Forest 3.766 29 13 3 17 50 64 33 21
13 Burnley 3.289 27 10 7 14 49 46 31 23
14 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2.821 26 12 2 20 65 66 34 24
15 West Bromwich Albion 2.478 28 10 8 18 38 63 36 22
16 Birmingham City 1.749 20 8 4 19 40 81 31 29
17 Manchester City 0.972 46 21 4 5 63 38 30 3
18 Liverpool 0.965 48 23 2 8 111 36 33 2
19 Newcastle United 0.920 36 17 2 13 76 58 32 10
20 Grimsby Town 0.825 42 20 2 8 82 38 30 6
21 Burton Wanderers 0.665 42 19 4 8 70 42 31 7
22 Darwen 0.385 31 12 7 13 72 69 32 17
23 Manchester United 0.381 33 15 3 13 68 60 31 12
24 Arsenal 0.336 32 14 4 13 58 43 31 13
25 Leicester City 0.312 32 14 4 13 58 48 31 14
26 Notts County 0.237 26 12 2 17 58 59 31 25
27 Burton Swifts 0.214 24 10 4 16 39 69 30 26
28 Loughborough 0.172 23 9 5 16 40 66 30 27
29 Burslem Port Vale 0.158 18 7 4 19 43 78 30 30
30 Lincoln City 0.157 22 9 4 17 53 75 30 28
31 Rotherham Town 0.133 17 7 3 20 34 97 30 31
32 Crewe Alexandra 0.086 13 5 3 22 30 95 30 32
33 Barnsley 0.057 2 1 0 1 2 5 2 34
34 Middlesbrough 0 2 1 0 1 5 6 2 33
34 Millwall 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 35
34 Luton Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 36
34 Southampton 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 37
34 Southport 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 38
34 Chesterfield 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 39
34 Fairfield 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 1 40

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.