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

England 1979-80

1978-79 1980-81

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Liverpool 5.347 83 34 15 9 109 38 58 1
2 Manchester United 2.780 61 25 11 11 71 44 47 18
3 Ipswich Town 2.643 60 25 10 13 76 44 48 20
4 Arsenal 2.594 76 26 24 11 84 52 61 3
5 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2.549 68 27 14 16 80 61 57 10
6 Nottingham Forest 2.528 64 26 12 16 86 52 54 13
7 Grimsby Town 2.186 80 33 14 12 92 56 59 2
8 Blackburn Rovers 2.047 74 31 12 14 74 48 57 4
9 West Ham United 1.944 73 30 13 16 81 57 59 5
10 Aston Villa 1.931 58 20 18 14 72 67 52 26
11 Southampton 1.757 49 20 9 17 75 57 46 45
12 Middlesbrough 1.706 50 18 14 16 58 51 48 42
13 Tottenham Hotspur 1.700 50 19 12 19 62 70 50 43
14 Norwich City 1.642 51 17 17 17 77 77 51 39
15 Birmingham City 1.607 61 25 11 12 67 46 48 19
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 1.555 46 15 16 18 54 64 49 63
17 Sheffield Wednesday 1.527 64 23 18 11 89 55 52 12
18 Swindon Town 1.516 70 28 14 21 103 85 63 7
19 Everton 1.466 49 15 19 19 66 62 53 48
20 Coventry City 1.399 44 18 8 21 59 69 47 72
21 Chesterfield 1.377 63 25 13 15 84 56 53 16
22 West Bromwich Albion 1.376 48 13 22 14 60 58 49 54
23 Crystal Palace 1.363 45 13 19 16 56 60 48 68
24 Leeds United 1.355 41 13 15 17 48 62 45 84
25 Manchester City 1.238 41 13 15 19 47 71 47 86
26 Leicester City 1.222 56 21 14 11 60 45 46 30
27 Sunderland 1.209 60 22 16 11 82 55 49 21
28 Colchester United 1.179 60 23 14 17 78 72 54 23
29 Chester City 1.153 59 22 15 18 63 63 55 25
30 Exeter City 1.144 56 23 10 20 74 81 53 31
31 Queens Park Rangers 1.111 56 21 14 13 84 58 48 28
32 Carlisle United 1.088 57 21 15 18 80 67 54 27
33 Reading 1.072 60 22 16 16 89 81 54 22
34 Chelsea 1.067 54 23 8 14 69 57 45 33
35 Stoke City 1.046 40 14 12 21 51 65 47 91
36 Rotherham United 1.017 54 21 12 20 67 72 53 34
37 Millwall 0.997 53 19 15 19 79 70 53 35
38 Bristol City 0.954 40 12 16 22 52 76 50 92
39 Walsall 0.933 69 24 21 7 80 53 52 8
40 Luton Town 0.919 50 16 18 11 67 51 45 41
41 Swansea City 0.916 53 20 13 18 65 67 51 37
42 Watford 0.910 45 16 13 19 51 55 48 69
43 Bolton Wanderers 0.903 31 7 17 24 43 79 48 106
44 Portsmouth 0.900 68 26 16 12 98 59 54 9
45 Huddersfield Town 0.874 71 29 13 10 108 57 52 6
46 Plymouth Argyle 0.866 51 18 15 21 66 62 54 38
47 Barnsley 0.820 49 17 15 20 64 69 52 50
48 Sheffield United 0.814 49 19 11 20 65 72 50 51
49 Southend United 0.804 50 18 14 24 59 69 56 44
50 Newport County 0.804 63 28 7 14 84 53 49 15
51 Cambridge United 0.787 47 15 17 15 66 62 47 57
52 Newcastle United 0.770 46 15 16 14 61 60 45 61
53 Shrewsbury Town 0.755 45 19 7 21 64 63 47 67
54 Wigan Athletic 0.751 64 24 16 14 84 69 54 14
55 Bury 0.750 49 20 9 26 56 70 55 52
56 Oldham Athletic 0.749 45 17 11 17 52 58 45 70
57 Gillingham 0.749 47 15 17 20 58 61 52 59
58 Derby County 0.725 31 11 9 25 50 75 45 104
59 Blackpool 0.714 46 16 14 22 65 79 52 65
60 Brentford 0.699 41 15 11 23 62 83 49 85
61 Leyton Orient 0.699 46 13 20 14 59 66 47 62
62 Bradford City 0.679 66 27 12 14 87 59 53 11
63 Cardiff City 0.677 43 17 9 20 43 52 46 80
64 Preston North End 0.671 43 12 19 14 57 58 45 79
65 Hull City 0.656 42 12 18 20 56 77 50 82
66 Mansfield Town 0.641 44 14 16 24 61 73 54 73
67 Wrexham 0.616 46 19 8 23 54 65 50 64
68 Lincoln City 0.608 56 19 18 12 69 50 49 29
69 Wimbledon 0.606 48 14 20 24 74 97 58 55
70 Altrincham 0.599 61 26 9 7 86 38 42 17
71 Oxford United 0.583 41 14 13 22 59 70 49 83
72 Peterborough United 0.582 59 23 13 17 65 56 53 24
73 Notts County 0.562 40 12 16 18 54 58 46 88
74 Bristol Rovers 0.506 37 12 13 20 54 70 45 96
75 Torquay United 0.506 53 17 19 17 80 79 53 36
76 Doncaster Rovers 0.469 51 18 15 19 74 74 52 40
77 Aldershot 0.463 49 18 13 20 71 65 51 47
78 Tranmere Rovers 0.456 49 17 15 21 65 65 53 49
79 Halifax Town 0.454 48 16 16 22 55 79 54 56
80 Northampton Town 0.435 49 18 13 21 59 74 52 53
81 Fulham 0.429 31 11 9 26 44 78 46 105
82 Burnley 0.423 30 7 16 23 41 77 46 108
83 Bournemouth 0.389 47 14 19 17 55 57 50 58
84 Scunthorpe United 0.373 44 14 16 19 59 79 49 75
85 York City 0.351 44 16 12 23 73 89 51 74
86 Stockport County 0.342 44 15 14 22 51 83 51 76
87 Weymouth 0.326 54 22 10 6 73 37 38 32
88 Hartlepool United 0.314 40 15 10 24 64 75 49 90
89 Darlington 0.292 40 11 18 22 54 79 51 93
90 Worcester City 0.269 49 19 11 8 53 36 38 46
91 Charlton Athletic 0.268 23 6 11 28 41 88 45 111
92 Hereford United 0.265 38 12 14 24 42 59 50 95
93 Crewe Alexandra 0.242 35 11 13 25 37 76 49 98
94 Port Vale 0.237 36 12 12 25 58 76 49 97
95 Rochdale 0.224 34 9 16 28 43 89 53 101
96 Northwich Victoria 0.202 46 17 12 13 58 44 42 60
97 Boston United 0.189 45 16 13 9 52 43 38 66
98 Kettering Town 0.184 43 15 13 11 57 54 39 78
99 Maidstone United 0.182 43 16 11 11 54 37 38 77
100 Ebbsfleet United 0.166 44 17 10 11 49 44 38 71
101 Harlow Town 0.166 8 3 2 1 9 7 6 113
102 Bangor City 0.162 42 14 14 10 41 46 38 81
103 Nuneaton Borough 0.161 40 13 14 13 61 50 40 87
104 Scarborough 0.152 39 12 15 12 47 40 39 94
105 Yeovil Town 0.147 40 15 10 16 48 52 41 89
106 Telford United 0.128 34 13 8 17 52 60 38 99
107 Bath City 0.117 32 10 12 16 43 69 38 103
108 Barnet 0.103 30 10 10 18 32 48 38 107
109 Wealdstone 0.093 33 9 15 15 42 55 39 102
110 Barrow 0.089 34 14 6 18 47 55 38 100
111 Leamington 0.069 25 7 11 21 32 72 39 109
112 Stafford Rangers 0.058 24 7 10 23 44 61 40 110
113 Barking 0.049 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 118
114 Redditch United 0.036 18 5 8 25 26 69 38 112
115 Croydon 0.025 3 1 1 1 6 4 3 115
116 Morecambe 0.013 1 0 1 1 1 3 2 119
117 Chesham United 0 5 2 1 1 6 5 4 114
117 Merthyr Tydfil 0 3 1 1 1 5 6 3 116
117 Slough United 0 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 117
117 Fareham Town 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 120
117 Moor Green 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 121
117 Leytonstone 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 122
117 Minehead 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 123
117 Salisbury City 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 124
117 Enfield 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 125
117 Gravesend & Northfleet 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 126
117 Hungerford Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 127
117 Blyth Spartans 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 128
117 Burton Albion 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 129
117 Kidderminster Harriers 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 130
117 Mossley 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 1 131
117 Brandon United 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 132
117 Burscough 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 133
117 Wycombe Wanderers 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 134
117 Workington 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 135

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