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

England 1898-99

1897-98 1899-00

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Aston Villa 8.861 45 19 7 9 77 42 35 4
2 Liverpool 7.249 51 22 7 11 62 41 40 2
3 Derby County 6.458 43 16 11 12 76 64 39 9
4 Burnley 5.751 40 15 10 11 48 51 36 15
5 Everton 5.695 40 16 8 12 51 43 36 14
6 Notts County 5.469 39 13 13 10 49 52 36 17
7 Bury 5.420 37 15 7 14 52 51 36 20
8 Sunderland 5.356 38 16 6 14 46 45 36 19
9 Wolverhampton Wanderers 5.134 38 15 8 14 56 50 37 18
10 Stoke City 5.094 41 16 9 15 60 61 40 13
11 Blackburn Rovers 4.849 36 14 8 13 60 54 35 22
12 Sheffield United 4.745 43 14 15 14 65 64 43 10
13 Nottingham Forest 4.684 37 13 11 13 45 44 37 21
14 Newcastle United 3.770 32 12 8 16 51 51 36 26
15 Preston North End 3.677 32 11 10 16 54 51 37 25
16 West Bromwich Albion 3.647 34 14 6 17 52 60 37 24
17 Bolton Wanderers 2.814 26 9 8 19 37 52 36 30
18 Sheffield Wednesday 2.757 25 8 9 19 34 65 36 32
19 Manchester City 0.959 52 23 6 6 94 38 35 1
20 Southampton 0.864 4 2 0 1 3 2 3 38
21 Tottenham Hotspur 0.743 5 2 1 1 9 9 4 37
22 Newton Heath 0.667 44 19 6 11 71 49 36 7
23 Leicester Fosse 0.659 45 18 9 7 64 42 34 5
24 Small Heath 0.651 44 18 8 11 91 56 37 6
25 New Brighton Tower 0.536 43 18 7 9 71 52 34 8
26 Glossop North End 0.522 46 20 6 9 76 39 35 3
27 Walsall 0.507 42 15 12 7 79 36 34 11
28 Woolwich Arsenal 0.416 41 18 5 12 72 47 35 12
29 Burslem Port Vale 0.401 39 17 5 12 56 34 34 16
30 Grimsby Town 0.303 35 15 5 15 71 67 35 23
31 Lincoln City 0.279 31 12 7 15 51 56 34 28
32 Barnsley 0.271 31 12 7 15 52 56 34 27
33 Burton Swifts 0.220 28 10 8 16 51 70 34 29
34 Gainsborough Trinity 0.206 25 10 5 19 56 72 34 31
35 Luton Town 0.120 23 10 3 21 51 95 34 33
36 Loughborough 0.092 18 6 6 22 38 92 34 35
37 Blackpool 0.092 20 8 4 23 49 98 35 34
38 Darwen 0.064 9 2 5 27 22 141 34 36
39 New Brompton 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 39
39 Bristol City 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 40
39 Jarrow 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 41
39 Kettering Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 42
39 Heanor Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 43

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.