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

England 1871-1879

1871-1878 1871-1880

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Wanderers 32.997 62 19 5 3 88 19 27 3
2 Old Etonians 20.545 45 13 6 2 51 23 21 4
3 Royal Engineers 16.453 71 22 5 7 97 29 34 1
4 Oxford University 10.684 71 22 5 6 87 30 33 2
5 Nottingham Forest 4.106 12 4 0 1 10 4 5 14
6 Swifts 3.181 29 9 2 6 26 27 17 7
7 Queen's Park 2.062 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 40
8 Cambridge University 2.017 35 10 5 6 37 28 21 6
9 Clapham Rovers 1.562 38 12 2 8 64 23 22 5
10 Darwen 1.434 12 3 3 2 19 17 8 15
11 Crystal Palace 1.004 11 2 5 5 9 12 12 16
12 Old Harrovians 0.651 20 6 2 3 30 11 11 11
13 Sheffield 0.649 19 5 4 5 18 13 14 12
14 Barnes 0.590 22 6 4 8 21 23 18 10
15 Upton Park 0.450 26 8 2 7 27 21 17 9
16 Rochester 0.367 6 2 0 4 8 18 6 26
17 Maidenhead 0.194 28 9 1 7 26 33 17 8
18 South Norwood 0.094 9 3 0 7 7 25 10 21
19 1st Surrey Rifles 0.094 7 2 1 5 3 18 8 22
20 Forest School 0.092 6 2 0 4 12 21 6 25
21 Herts Rangers 0.082 3 1 0 4 9 17 5 37
22 Hampstead Heathens 0.079 4 1 1 1 2 4 3 28
23 Hitchin Town 0.075 1 0 1 2 0 6 3 44
24 Eagley 0.072 1 0 1 1 1 4 2 41
25 Reigate Priory 0.071 3 1 0 5 6 22 6 38
26 Marlow 0.064 10 3 1 8 9 18 12 18
27 Shropshire Wanderers 0.059 9 2 3 3 4 6 8 20
28 105th Regiment 0.055 4 1 1 3 4 11 5 29
29 Windsor Home Park 0.035 6 2 0 2 7 4 4 23
30 Pilgrims 0.035 19 6 1 6 16 25 13 13
31 Woodford Wells 0.030 10 3 1 3 9 8 7 17
32 Reading 0.024 6 2 0 2 3 2 4 24
33 Druids 0.020 3 1 0 1 1 8 2 36
34 Grantham 0.014 1 0 1 2 2 6 3 42
34 Notts County 0.014 1 0 1 2 2 7 3 43
36 Grey Friars 0.013 3 1 0 1 2 4 2 34
37 Remnants 0.012 9 3 0 2 14 8 5 19
38 Minerva 0.010 3 1 0 2 7 10 3 35
39 Panthers 0.007 6 2 0 4 5 16 6 27
40 Hawks 0.005 3 1 0 2 6 6 3 32
41 Ramblers 0.000 1 0 1 4 2 10 5 45
42 Romford 0.000 3 1 0 1 4 4 2 33
43 Southall Park 0 4 1 1 5 6 21 7 30
43 Uxbridge 0 3 1 0 1 4 2 2 31
43 High Wycombe 0 3 1 0 4 4 26 5 39
43 Leyton 0 1 0 1 4 2 27 5 46
43 Brentwood 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 47
43 Gresham 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 48
43 Saxons 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 49
43 Gitanos 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 50
43 Hendon 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 51
43 Manchester 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 52
43 Old Foresters 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 2 53
43 St Stephens 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 54
43 Highbury Union 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 55
43 Saffron Walden Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 56
43 Civil Service 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 3 57
43 Wednesbury Strollers 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 1 58
43 Wood Grange 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 2 59
43 Brondesbury 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 2 60
43 Reading Hornets 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 2 61
43 Farningham 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 1 62

EigenPoints, Points, Wins, Draws, Losses, GoalsFor, GoalsAgainst, GamesPlayed, PointsRank.

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Includes league matches from the top 4 tiers of English football, the FA Cup (proper rounds), the League Cup, and the Community Shield. Matches decided on penalties are treated as ties.