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

England 1896-97

‹ 1895-96 History 1897-98 ›

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Aston Villa 20.764 59 26 7 4 90 44 37 1
2 Preston North End 7.626 40 13 14 8 66 45 35 5
3 Derby County 7.414 42 19 4 11 86 55 34 4
4 Sheffield United 7.173 36 13 10 8 43 31 31 10
5 Liverpool 6.892 40 15 10 10 54 46 35 7
6 Everton 6.696 39 18 3 14 77 64 35 8
7 Bury 4.900 33 11 11 11 51 48 33 13
8 Bolton Wanderers 4.831 34 13 8 13 47 52 34 12
9 Sheffield Wednesday 4.638 31 10 11 10 42 38 31 15
10 West Bromwich Albion 4.369 28 11 6 15 35 58 32 24
11 Wolverhampton Wanderers 4.264 30 12 6 14 48 44 32 19
12 Nottingham Forest 3.814 31 11 9 14 49 52 34 18
13 Sunderland 3.475 25 8 9 15 36 50 32 28
14 Blackburn Rovers 3.389 29 13 3 17 39 66 33 22
15 Stoke City 3.343 27 12 3 17 54 63 32 25
16 Burnley 2.986 19 6 7 18 43 62 31 31
17 Grimsby Town 0.550 40 17 6 10 71 51 33 6
18 Notts County 0.348 44 20 4 8 95 46 32 2
19 Newton Heath 0.314 44 19 6 9 65 39 34 3
20 Small Heath 0.253 37 16 5 10 70 49 31 9
21 Newcastle United 0.223 35 17 1 13 56 57 31 11
22 Blackpool 0.218 31 13 5 12 59 56 30 16
23 Gainsborough Trinity 0.201 31 12 7 11 50 47 30 17
24 Manchester City 0.193 32 12 8 11 58 56 31 14
25 Leicester Fosse 0.181 30 13 4 13 59 57 30 20
26 Darwen 0.170 28 14 0 16 67 61 30 23
27 Woolwich Arsenal 0.165 30 13 4 13 68 70 30 21
28 Walsall 0.131 26 11 4 15 54 69 30 26
29 Burton Swifts 0.115 24 9 6 16 49 65 31 29
30 Loughborough 0.115 25 12 1 17 50 64 30 27
31 Stockton 0.102 1 0 1 1 1 12 2 35
32 Burton Wanderers 0.086 20 9 2 20 33 72 31 30
33 Lincoln City 0.049 12 5 2 23 27 85 30 32
34 Southampton 0.012 4 1 2 1 4 5 4 33
35 Heanor Town 0.002 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 34
36 Millwall 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 36
36 Luton Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 37
36 Glossop North End 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 1 38
36 Kettering Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 39
36 Barnsley 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 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.