Eigenrankings

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

England 1896-97

‹ 1895-96		1897-98 ›

		EP	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GP	PR
1	Aston Villa	14.696	47	21	5	5	75	42	31	1
2	Derby County	7.409	43	19	5	11	82	56	35	3
3	Sheffield United	7.363	39	14	11	8	44	33	33	7
4	Liverpool	6.378	35	13	9	10	50	41	32	12
5	Sheffield Wednesday	6.234	42	15	12	9	57	43	36	5
6	Everton	5.882	35	16	3	14	67	61	33	13
7	Preston North End	5.616	34	11	12	8	56	44	31	14
8	Bury	5.563	34	12	10	11	46	48	33	15
9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4.965	37	15	7	14	59	49	36	9
10	Bolton Wanderers	4.881	37	15	7	13	50	47	35	11
11	West Bromwich Albion	4.048	31	12	7	15	39	59	34	19
12	Nottingham Forest	3.345	26	9	8	14	44	51	31	24
13	Blackburn Rovers	3.297	25	11	3	17	36	64	31	28
14	Sunderland	3.267	25	8	9	15	39	50	32	26
15	Burnley	3.132	22	7	8	18	51	70	33	30
16	Stoke City	3.097	30	13	4	17	61	64	34	21
17	Notts County	1.348	43	19	5	8	97	49	32	2
18	Manchester United	1.298	42	18	6	9	60	41	33	4
19	Grimsby Town	1.207	41	18	5	10	69	49	33	6
20	Birmingham City	0.916	37	16	5	10	70	51	31	8
21	Newcastle United	0.774	37	18	1	13	61	55	32	10
22	Blackpool	0.660	33	14	5	13	63	59	32	16
23	Gainsborough Trinity	0.650	31	12	7	11	50	47	30	18
24	Manchester City	0.646	32	12	8	10	58	50	30	17
25	Leicester Fosse	0.574	30	13	4	13	59	57	30	20
26	Darwen	0.507	28	14	0	17	67	63	31	23
27	Arsenal	0.492	30	13	4	14	69	76	31	22
28	Burton Wanderers	0.424	21	9	3	20	32	69	32	31
29	Loughborough	0.400	25	12	1	17	50	64	30	27
30	Walsall	0.397	26	11	4	15	54	69	30	25
31	Burton United	0.381	24	9	6	16	47	65	31	29
32	Lincoln City	0.157	12	5	2	23	27	85	30	32
33	Southampton	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	33
33	Kettering Town	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	34
33	Millwall	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	35
33	Chesterfield	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	36
33	Crewe Alexandra	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	37
33	Tottenham Hotspur	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	38

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.