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

England 1897-98

1896-97 1898-99

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Sheffield United 9.646 43 17 9 6 58 34 32 3
2 Everton 7.856 42 16 10 9 58 44 35 4
3 Nottingham Forest 7.468 42 16 10 10 64 53 36 5
4 Sunderland 6.401 37 16 5 10 43 31 31 10
5 West Bromwich Albion 5.548 36 13 10 10 49 48 33 13
6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 5.529 37 15 7 10 58 42 32 9
7 Sheffield Wednesday 5.212 35 16 3 13 52 43 32 14
8 Aston Villa 5.024 33 14 5 12 61 52 31 17
9 Burnley 4.728 57 24 9 4 92 31 37 1
10 Liverpool 4.454 34 13 8 14 54 52 35 15
11 Derby County 4.398 37 15 7 14 69 67 36 11
12 Bolton Wanderers 4.161 31 13 5 16 30 45 34 20
13 Stoke City 3.423 32 11 10 16 42 63 37 19
14 Notts County 3.022 24 8 8 15 36 47 31 26
15 Preston North End 2.926 24 8 8 15 36 45 31 25
16 Blackburn Rovers 2.911 26 8 10 17 44 67 35 23
17 Bury 2.909 24 8 8 15 40 53 31 27
18 Newcastle United 2.692 51 24 3 9 75 40 36 2
19 Southampton 1.851 8 3 2 1 8 4 6 33
20 Manchester United 1.191 41 17 7 9 66 37 33 7
21 Manchester City 1.165 41 16 9 7 67 37 32 6
22 Birmingham City 1.043 36 16 4 10 58 50 30 12
23 Arsenal 0.961 37 16 5 10 70 52 31 8
24 Luton Town 0.807 30 13 4 14 68 51 31 21
25 Gainsborough Trinity 0.740 32 13 6 13 51 58 32 18
26 Port Vale 0.723 3 1 1 1 3 5 3 34
27 Leicester City 0.703 33 13 7 11 47 37 31 16
28 Grimsby Town 0.588 24 10 4 17 52 66 31 28
29 Blackpool 0.494 25 10 5 15 49 61 30 24
30 Walsall 0.462 29 12 5 14 58 59 31 22
31 Lincoln City 0.337 17 6 5 19 43 82 30 30
32 Burton United 0.335 21 8 5 17 38 69 30 29
33 Loughborough 0.159 14 6 2 22 24 87 30 32
34 Darwen 0.133 14 6 2 22 31 76 30 31
35 Long Eaton Rangers 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 35
35 Wigan County 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 36
35 Hucknall St Johns 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 37
35 New Brighton Tower 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 38

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.