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

England 1896-97

1895-96 1897-98

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Aston Villa 19.377 59 26 7 4 90 44 37 1
2 Preston North End 6.922 40 13 14 8 66 45 35 5
3 Derby County 6.761 42 19 4 11 86 55 34 4
4 Sheffield United 6.474 36 13 10 8 43 31 31 10
5 Liverpool 6.272 40 15 10 10 54 46 35 7
6 Everton 6.067 39 18 3 14 77 64 35 8
7 Bury 4.415 33 11 11 11 51 48 33 13
8 Bolton Wanderers 4.389 34 13 8 13 47 52 34 12
9 Sheffield Wednesday 4.160 31 10 11 10 42 38 31 15
10 West Bromwich Albion 3.951 28 11 6 15 35 58 32 25
11 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3.814 30 12 6 14 48 44 32 19
12 Nottingham Forest 3.410 31 11 9 14 49 52 34 18
13 Sunderland 3.348 29 9 11 16 39 52 36 22
14 Blackburn Rovers 3.030 29 13 3 17 39 66 33 23
15 Stoke City 2.993 27 12 3 17 54 63 32 26
16 Burnley 2.843 22 7 8 20 46 66 35 30
17 Notts County 2.054 50 22 6 8 98 47 36 2
18 Grimsby Town 1.320 40 17 6 10 71 51 33 6
19 Manchester United 1.297 47 20 7 11 68 44 38 3
20 Birmingham City 0.911 37 16 5 10 70 49 31 9
21 Newcastle United 0.732 35 17 1 13 56 57 31 11
22 Blackpool 0.725 31 13 5 12 59 56 30 16
23 Gainsborough Trinity 0.682 31 12 7 11 50 47 30 17
24 Manchester City 0.633 32 12 8 11 58 56 31 14
25 Leicester City 0.577 30 13 4 13 59 57 30 20
26 Darwen 0.573 28 14 0 16 67 61 30 24
27 Arsenal 0.518 30 13 4 13 68 70 30 21
28 Walsall 0.406 26 11 4 15 54 69 30 27
29 Loughborough 0.389 25 12 1 17 50 64 30 28
30 Burton United 0.379 24 9 6 16 49 65 31 29
31 Burton Wanderers 0.261 20 9 2 20 33 72 31 31
32 Lincoln City 0.176 12 5 2 23 27 85 30 32
33 Stockton 0.092 1 0 1 1 1 12 2 35
34 Southampton 0.043 4 1 2 1 4 5 4 33
35 Heanor Town 0.007 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 34
36 Millwall 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 36
36 Luton Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 37
36 Glossop North End 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 1 38
36 Kettering Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 39
36 Barnsley 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 1 40

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

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