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

England 1871-1881

1871-1880 1871-1882

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Wanderers 36.089 68 21 5 4 96 22 30 3
2 Old Etonians 15.677 66 20 6 4 80 30 30 4
3 Old Carthusians 11.603 21 7 0 1 28 4 8 16
4 Oxford University 10.506 88 27 7 7 99 33 41 2
5 Royal Engineers 9.288 94 29 7 9 115 34 45 1
6 Clapham Rovers 2.733 65 21 2 9 109 32 32 5
7 Queen's Park 2.005 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 60
8 Swifts 1.910 36 11 3 7 31 31 21 8
9 Aston Villa 1.725 13 4 1 1 16 10 6 20
10 Nottingham Forest 1.184 22 7 1 3 29 9 11 13
11 Darwen 1.029 27 8 3 4 55 27 15 10
12 Cambridge University 0.965 35 10 5 7 37 30 22 9
13 Crystal Palace 0.818 11 2 5 5 9 12 12 24
14 Stafford Road 0.662 14 4 2 2 23 10 8 19
15 Barnes 0.532 22 6 4 9 21 29 19 14
16 Upton Park 0.392 36 11 3 9 49 34 23 7
17 Old Harrovians 0.345 24 7 3 5 33 16 15 12
18 Blackburn Rovers 0.263 9 3 0 2 14 14 5 29
19 Maidenhead 0.258 38 12 2 9 34 38 23 6
20 Marlow 0.239 17 5 2 10 21 22 17 17
21 Sheffield 0.239 27 7 6 6 32 27 19 11
22 Remnants 0.182 11 3 2 4 17 15 9 23
23 Rochester 0.170 6 2 0 6 9 26 8 39
24 Sheffield Wednesday 0.168 6 2 0 1 8 5 3 34
25 Herts Rangers 0.129 9 3 0 5 17 21 8 31
26 Grey Friars 0.092 16 5 1 3 17 11 9 18
27 South Norwood 0.080 12 4 0 8 12 31 12 21
28 Hampstead Heathens 0.065 4 1 1 1 2 4 3 43
29 Hitchin Town 0.061 1 0 1 2 0 6 3 63
30 1st Surrey Rifles 0.060 7 2 1 5 3 18 8 33
31 Reigate Priory 0.058 3 1 0 5 6 22 6 57
32 Pilgrims 0.051 22 7 1 8 21 35 16 15
33 Grantham 0.047 5 1 2 3 6 15 6 41
34 Dreadnought 0.042 3 1 0 1 3 6 2 51
35 105th Regiment 0.042 4 1 1 3 4 11 5 45
36 Romford 0.040 10 3 1 3 9 28 7 26
37 Forest School 0.032 6 2 0 4 12 21 6 37
38 Old Foresters 0.029 3 0 3 4 6 13 7 53
39 Windsor Home Park 0.028 7 2 1 3 8 7 6 32
40 Woodford Wells 0.022 10 3 1 3 9 8 7 25
41 Shropshire Wanderers 0.021 9 2 3 3 4 6 8 30
42 Reading 0.018 9 3 0 3 8 4 6 28
43 Turton 0.017 9 3 0 2 15 8 5 27
44 Minerva 0.015 3 1 0 3 8 12 4 52
45 Astley Bridge 0.014 3 1 0 1 4 3 2 48
45 Eagley 0.014 1 0 1 3 1 9 4 66
47 Hendon 0.009 11 3 2 4 21 13 9 22
48 Druids 0.007 3 1 0 1 1 8 2 54
49 Hawks 0.006 3 1 0 2 6 6 3 49
50 Reading Minster 0.006 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 59
51 Notts County 0.006 5 1 2 4 11 20 7 40
52 Panthers 0.006 6 2 0 4 5 16 6 38
53 Sheffield Providence 0.004 1 0 1 2 5 12 3 64
54 Ramblers 0.001 1 0 1 4 2 10 5 65
55 Derbyshire 0.000 1 0 1 1 6 8 2 62
56 Reading Abbey 0 6 2 0 1 3 3 3 35
56 West End 0 6 2 0 2 3 9 4 36
56 Acton 0 4 1 1 2 7 7 4 42
56 Hotspur 0 4 1 1 2 3 7 4 44
56 Southall Park 0 4 1 1 5 6 21 7 46
56 Uxbridge 0 3 1 0 1 4 2 2 47
56 Weybridge Swallows 0 3 1 0 1 3 4 2 50
56 Gresham 0 3 1 0 2 4 13 3 55
56 Mosquitos 0 3 1 0 2 5 16 3 56
56 High Wycombe 0 3 1 0 4 4 26 5 58
56 Argonauts 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 61
56 Kildare 0 1 0 1 2 1 9 3 67
56 Leyton 0 1 0 1 4 2 27 5 68
56 Blackburn Olympic 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 1 69
56 St Albans (Forest Gate) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 70
56 Hanover United 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 71
56 Calthorpe 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 2 72
56 Saxons 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 73
56 Gitanos 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 74
56 Manchester 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 75
56 Henley 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 2 76
56 Tyne Association 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 77
56 St Stephens 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 78
56 Brigg Brittania 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 79
56 Highbury Union 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 80
56 Birmingham 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 81
56 Civil Service 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 3 82
56 Rangers (London) 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 83
56 Spilsby 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 1 84
56 Wood Grange 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 2 85
56 Clarence 0 0 0 0 2 2 11 2 86
56 St Peter's Institute 0 0 0 0 2 2 11 2 87
56 Wednesbury Strollers 0 0 0 0 3 3 14 3 88
56 Brondesbury 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 2 89
56 Reading Hornets 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 2 90
56 Saffron Walden Town 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 2 91
56 Brentwood 0 0 0 0 3 3 17 3 92
56 Brigg 0 0 0 0 2 0 15 2 93
56 Finchley 0 0 0 0 2 1 17 2 94
56 Farningham 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 1 95

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.