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

England 1871-1880

1871-1879 1871-1881

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Wanderers 30.336 68 21 5 4 96 22 30 3
2 Royal Engineers 17.495 84 26 6 8 107 32 40 2
3 Old Etonians 17.345 51 15 6 3 59 26 24 5
4 Oxford University 12.675 88 27 7 7 99 33 41 1
5 Clapham Rovers 4.656 56 18 2 8 86 24 28 4
6 Swifts 2.799 29 9 2 6 26 27 17 9
7 Nottingham Forest 2.496 22 7 1 2 28 7 10 12
8 Aston Villa 2.008 4 1 1 0 4 2 2 32
9 Queen's Park 1.685 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 51
10 Cambridge University 1.591 35 10 5 7 37 30 22 6
11 Stafford Road 1.004 4 1 1 1 4 4 3 33
12 Crystal Palace 0.864 11 2 5 5 9 12 12 17
13 Darwen 0.856 15 4 3 3 21 20 10 15
14 Old Harrovians 0.583 23 7 2 4 32 14 13 11
15 Sheffield 0.564 24 6 6 5 26 18 17 10
16 Barnes 0.519 22 6 4 8 21 23 18 13
17 Blackburn Rovers 0.428 6 2 0 1 8 8 3 27
18 Upton Park 0.390 30 9 3 8 34 28 20 8
19 Rochester 0.301 6 2 0 5 8 24 7 31
20 Marlow 0.251 11 3 2 9 10 20 14 18
21 Maidenhead 0.237 34 11 1 8 32 36 20 7
22 South Norwood 0.087 12 4 0 8 12 31 12 16
23 Herts Rangers 0.078 6 2 0 4 11 18 6 28
24 1st Surrey Rifles 0.075 7 2 1 5 3 18 8 24
25 Hampstead Heathens 0.069 4 1 1 1 2 4 3 35
26 Hitchin Town 0.065 1 0 1 2 0 6 3 56
27 Forest School 0.065 6 2 0 4 12 21 6 29
28 Pilgrims 0.064 22 7 1 7 21 34 15 14
29 Reigate Priory 0.062 3 1 0 5 6 22 6 48
30 Grey Friars 0.057 9 3 0 2 13 6 5 21
31 Shropshire Wanderers 0.047 9 2 3 3 4 6 8 22
32 105th Regiment 0.046 4 1 1 3 4 11 5 36
33 Windsor Home Park 0.030 6 2 0 2 7 4 4 25
34 Remnants 0.029 10 3 1 3 17 14 7 19
35 Woodford Wells 0.026 10 3 1 3 9 8 7 20
36 Eagley 0.020 1 0 1 2 1 5 3 55
37 Reading 0.018 6 2 0 2 3 2 4 26
38 Druids 0.016 3 1 0 1 1 8 2 46
39 Minerva 0.015 3 1 0 3 8 12 4 43
40 Sheffield Providence 0.013 1 0 1 1 3 6 2 53
41 Grantham 0.011 1 0 1 2 2 6 3 54
41 Notts County 0.011 1 0 1 3 2 11 4 58
43 Panthers 0.006 6 2 0 4 5 16 6 30
44 Hawks 0.006 3 1 0 2 6 6 3 41
45 Ramblers 0.001 1 0 1 4 2 10 5 57
46 Romford 0.000 3 1 0 2 4 11 3 45
47 Hendon 0 8 2 2 3 13 10 7 23
47 Hotspur 0 4 1 1 1 2 2 3 34
47 Southall Park 0 4 1 1 5 6 21 7 37
47 Old Carthusians 0 3 1 0 1 4 1 2 38
47 Uxbridge 0 3 1 0 1 4 2 2 39
47 Turton 0 3 1 0 1 7 6 2 40
47 West End 0 3 1 0 1 2 5 2 42
47 Mosquitos 0 3 1 0 1 4 8 2 44
47 Gresham 0 3 1 0 2 4 13 3 47
47 High Wycombe 0 3 1 0 4 4 26 5 49
47 Old Foresters 0 2 0 2 3 4 10 5 50
47 Argonauts 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 52
47 Leyton 0 1 0 1 4 2 27 5 59
47 Finchley 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 60
47 Hanover United 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 61
47 Calthorpe 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 62
47 Henley 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 63
47 St Peter's Institute 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 64
47 Clarence 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 1 65
47 Saxons 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 66
47 Gitanos 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 67
47 Kildare 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 68
47 Manchester 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 69
47 Brentwood 0 0 0 0 2 3 7 2 70
47 Tyne Association 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 71
47 Acton 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 72
47 St Stephens 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 73
47 Highbury Union 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 74
47 Saffron Walden Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 75
47 Birmingham 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 76
47 Civil Service 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 3 77
47 Brigg 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 1 78
47 Wood Grange 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 2 79
47 Wednesbury Strollers 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 2 80
47 Brondesbury 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 2 81
47 Reading Hornets 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 2 82
47 Farningham 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 1 83

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.