Eigenrankings

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

England 1897-98

‹ 1896-97		1898-99 ›

		EP	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GP	PR
1	Sheffield United	10.005	43	17	9	6	58	34	32	3
2	Everton	8.080	42	16	10	9	58	44	35	4
3	Nottingham Forest	7.667	42	16	10	10	64	53	36	5
4	Sunderland	6.620	37	16	5	10	43	31	31	10
5	West Bromwich Albion	5.752	36	13	10	10	49	48	33	13
6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	5.743	37	15	7	10	58	42	32	9
7	Sheffield Wednesday	5.414	35	16	3	13	52	43	32	14
8	Aston Villa	5.206	33	14	5	12	61	52	31	17
9	Liverpool	4.581	34	13	8	14	54	52	35	15
10	Derby County	4.562	37	15	7	14	69	67	36	11
11	Bolton Wanderers	4.271	31	13	5	16	30	45	34	19
12	Burnley	3.913	52	22	8	3	87	28	33	1
13	Notts County	3.144	24	8	8	15	36	47	31	25
14	Bury	3.032	24	8	8	15	40	53	31	26
15	Preston North End	3.013	24	8	8	15	36	45	31	24
16	Stoke City	2.971	27	9	9	15	38	61	33	22
17	Blackburn Rovers	2.962	24	7	10	14	39	55	31	28
18	Newcastle United	2.140	47	22	3	7	66	34	32	2
19	Southampton	1.802	8	3	2	1	8	4	6	33
20	Newton Heath	1.111	41	17	7	9	66	37	33	7
21	Manchester City	1.067	41	16	9	7	67	37	32	6
22	Small Heath	0.954	36	16	4	10	58	50	30	12
23	Woolwich Arsenal	0.880	37	16	5	10	70	52	31	8
24	Port Vale	0.750	3	1	1	1	3	5	3	34
25	Luton Town	0.739	30	13	4	14	68	51	31	20
26	Gainsborough Trinity	0.681	32	13	6	13	51	58	32	18
27	Leicester Fosse	0.643	33	13	7	11	47	37	31	16
28	Grimsby Town	0.538	24	10	4	17	52	66	31	27
29	Blackpool	0.453	25	10	5	15	49	61	30	23
30	Walsall	0.424	29	12	5	14	58	59	31	21
31	Lincoln City	0.310	17	6	5	19	43	82	30	30
32	Burton Swifts	0.304	21	8	5	17	38	69	30	29
33	Loughborough	0.146	14	6	2	22	24	87	30	32
34	Darwen	0.122	14	6	2	22	31	76	30	31
35	Long Eaton Rangers	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	35
35	Wigan Athletic	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	36
35	Hucknall St. John's	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	37
35	New Brighton Tower	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	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.