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

England 1871-1882

1871-1881 1871-1883

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Wanderers 31.191 68 21 5 4 96 22 30 4
2 Old Etonians 17.750 82 25 7 4 98 35 36 3
3 Royal Engineers 12.936 100 31 7 10 124 36 48 1
4 Oxford University 10.516 88 27 7 7 99 33 41 2
5 Old Carthusians 9.210 27 9 0 2 40 7 11 13
6 Clapham Rovers 2.638 66 21 3 10 111 35 34 5
7 Swifts 2.469 42 13 3 8 42 35 24 8
8 Queen's Park 1.733 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 68
9 Darwen 1.392 36 11 3 5 66 35 19 9
10 Nottingham Forest 1.329 22 7 1 4 30 13 12 18
11 Cambridge University 1.026 35 10 5 7 37 30 22 10
12 Blackburn Rovers 0.930 25 8 1 3 42 21 12 16
13 Crystal Palace 0.769 11 2 5 5 9 12 12 31
14 Aston Villa 0.568 21 6 3 2 30 20 11 20
15 Barnes 0.525 25 7 4 10 25 37 21 17
16 Old Foresters 0.516 13 3 4 5 14 16 12 27
17 Sheffield Wednesday 0.458 21 6 3 2 27 14 11 19
18 Marlow 0.457 30 9 3 11 29 29 23 12
19 Wednesbury Old Athletic 0.455 9 3 0 1 20 6 4 36
20 Upton Park 0.450 45 14 3 10 60 41 27 6
21 Old Harrovians 0.310 27 8 3 6 38 25 17 14
22 Maidenhead 0.250 44 14 2 10 41 45 26 7
23 Sheffield 0.244 30 8 6 7 40 31 21 11
24 Remnants 0.200 11 3 2 5 19 18 10 30
25 Rochester 0.187 6 2 0 7 10 29 9 49
26 Stafford Road 0.138 14 4 2 3 24 13 9 23
27 Herts Rangers 0.105 9 3 0 6 17 25 9 38
28 Grey Friars 0.102 16 5 1 3 17 11 9 22
29 Staveley 0.089 8 2 2 1 11 9 5 40
30 Hendon 0.087 11 3 2 5 21 18 10 29
31 West End 0.085 10 3 1 2 7 12 6 34
32 South Norwood 0.065 12 4 0 8 12 31 12 28
33 Pilgrims 0.061 26 8 2 9 28 39 19 15
34 Notts County 0.058 13 3 4 5 32 32 12 26
35 Hitchin Town 0.058 1 0 1 2 0 6 3 72
36 Reading 0.057 13 4 1 3 14 5 8 25
37 1st Surrey Rifles 0.054 7 2 1 5 3 18 8 44
38 Hampstead Heathens 0.054 4 1 1 1 2 4 3 50
39 Sheffield Heeley 0.052 6 2 0 1 10 4 3 45
40 Reigate Priory 0.049 3 1 0 5 6 22 6 64
41 Romford 0.048 10 3 1 4 10 31 8 35
42 105th Regiment 0.038 4 1 1 3 4 11 5 52
43 Forest School 0.031 6 2 0 4 12 21 6 47
43 Dreadnought 0.031 3 1 0 2 4 8 3 60
45 Reading Minster 0.031 8 2 2 1 5 4 5 41
46 Windsor Home Park 0.021 7 2 1 4 8 8 7 43
47 Woodford Wells 0.019 10 3 1 3 9 8 7 32
48 Shropshire Wanderers 0.018 9 2 3 3 4 6 8 37
49 Hotspur 0.018 14 4 2 3 10 13 9 24
50 Minerva 0.017 3 1 0 3 8 12 4 59
51 Eagley 0.016 2 0 2 4 6 15 6 67
52 Wednesbury Strollers 0.016 3 1 0 5 10 31 6 65
53 Astley Bridge 0.015 6 1 3 2 10 11 6 46
54 Grantham 0.015 8 2 2 4 13 18 8 42
55 Turton 0.012 18 5 3 3 28 18 11 21
56 Bolton Wanderers 0.007 4 1 1 1 8 11 3 51
57 Hawks 0.006 3 1 0 2 6 6 3 56
58 Druids 0.006 3 1 0 1 1 8 2 61
59 Panthers 0.005 6 2 0 4 5 16 6 48
60 Sheffield Providence 0.004 1 0 1 3 5 14 4 74
61 Derbyshire 0.003 1 0 1 1 6 8 2 71
62 Mosquitos 0.001 4 1 1 3 6 22 5 54
63 Argonauts 0.001 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 70
64 Ramblers 0.001 1 0 1 4 2 10 5 73
65 Reading Abbey 0 10 3 1 2 7 9 6 33
65 Acton 0 8 2 2 3 12 9 7 39
65 Southall Park 0 4 1 1 5 6 21 7 53
65 Uxbridge 0 3 1 0 1 4 2 2 55
65 Weybridge Swallows 0 3 1 0 1 3 4 2 57
65 Bootle 0 3 1 0 1 2 5 2 58
65 Birmingham City 0 3 1 0 2 4 13 3 62
65 Gresham 0 3 1 0 2 4 13 3 63
65 High Wycombe 0 3 1 0 4 4 26 5 66
65 Woodford Bridge 0 1 0 1 1 2 3 2 69
65 Kildare 0 1 0 1 3 1 15 4 75
65 Finchley 0 1 0 1 3 1 21 4 76
65 Leyton 0 1 0 1 4 2 27 5 77
65 Blackburn Law 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 78
65 Olympic 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 79
65 Accrington 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 80
65 St Bart's Hospital 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 81
65 Blackburn Olympic 0 0 0 0 2 5 8 2 82
65 Calthorpe 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 2 83
65 Derby Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 84
65 Saxons 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 85
65 Gitanos 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 86
65 Manchester 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 87
65 Morton Rangers 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 88
65 Hanover United 0 0 0 0 3 2 6 3 89
65 Lockwood Brothers 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 90
65 Tyne Association 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 91
65 St Albans (Forest Gate) 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 2 92
65 St Stephens 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 93
65 Esher Leopold 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 94
65 Henley 0 0 0 0 3 2 8 3 95
65 Civil Service 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 3 96
65 Highbury Union 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 2 97
65 Rangers (London) 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 98
65 Wood Grange 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 2 99
65 Blackburn Park Road 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 1 100
65 Mitchell's St George 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 1 101
65 Clarence 0 0 0 0 2 2 11 2 102
65 St Peter's Institute 0 0 0 0 2 2 11 2 103
65 Spilsby 0 0 0 0 2 1 12 2 104
65 Brondesbury 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 2 105
65 Reading Hornets 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 2 106
65 Saffron Walden Town 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 2 107
65 Brigg Brittania 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 2 108
65 Brentwood 0 0 0 0 4 4 20 4 109
65 Farningham 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 1 110
65 Brigg 0 0 0 0 3 0 21 3 111

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.