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

England 1955-56

1954-55 1956-57

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Manchester United 5.817 60 25 10 8 83 55 43 8
2 Manchester City 4.088 59 24 11 14 93 73 49 10
3 Blackpool 3.703 49 20 9 14 87 64 43 34
4 Arsenal 3.468 53 21 11 15 71 68 47 22
5 Birmingham City 3.448 55 23 9 16 94 62 48 16
6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3.353 49 20 9 14 90 67 43 33
7 Newcastle United 3.082 47 20 7 20 95 81 47 41
8 Everton 2.999 46 18 10 18 63 74 46 52
9 Burnley 2.990 50 19 12 17 69 60 48 31
10 Sunderland 2.811 53 21 11 17 89 101 49 23
11 Portsmouth 2.720 43 17 9 18 81 88 44 60
12 Tottenham Hotspur 2.681 46 19 8 21 75 77 48 51
13 Bolton Wanderers 2.653 45 19 7 18 75 60 44 53
14 Charlton Athletic 2.564 44 19 6 20 84 84 45 59
15 West Bromwich Albion 2.515 45 20 5 20 62 72 45 56
16 Luton Town 2.472 42 17 8 18 66 68 43 64
17 Cardiff City 2.439 41 16 9 19 58 72 44 69
18 Chelsea 2.378 49 17 15 18 74 82 50 38
19 Preston North End 2.143 36 14 8 21 75 77 43 83
20 Sheffield United 2.029 38 14 10 22 70 79 46 77
21 Bristol Rovers 1.930 51 22 7 16 89 72 45 28
22 Aston Villa 1.917 38 12 14 19 56 75 45 79
23 Huddersfield Town 1.739 35 14 7 22 54 86 43 87
24 Sheffield Wednesday 1.704 55 21 13 9 102 65 43 15
25 Leicester City 1.599 51 22 7 16 102 83 45 27
26 Liverpool 1.486 54 23 8 16 93 69 47 18
27 Leeds United 1.474 52 23 6 14 81 62 43 24
28 West Ham United 1.437 47 17 13 18 88 79 48 43
29 Blackburn Rovers 1.298 53 23 7 16 89 69 46 21
30 Port Vale 1.170 47 17 13 14 63 61 44 45
31 Lincoln City 1.141 46 18 10 15 81 68 43 49
32 Nottingham Forest 1.134 47 19 9 15 68 66 43 44
33 Bristol City 1.108 45 19 7 17 81 67 43 54
34 Swansea City 1.094 46 20 6 17 84 83 43 50
35 Fulham 1.087 48 21 6 17 94 84 44 40
36 Stoke City 1.067 50 22 6 19 80 68 47 30
37 Middlesbrough 0.941 42 17 8 19 81 81 44 63
38 Doncaster Rovers 0.790 40 14 12 20 74 99 46 71
39 Bury 0.747 40 16 8 19 86 91 43 70
40 Barnsley 0.722 36 12 12 20 49 86 44 85
41 Rotherham United 0.709 34 12 10 22 59 80 44 88
42 Grimsby Town 0.638 73 33 7 10 85 35 50 1
43 Notts County 0.593 31 11 9 23 55 83 43 89
44 Leyton Orient 0.528 72 32 8 10 118 55 50 2
45 Brighton & Hove Albion 0.462 67 30 7 11 121 53 48 3
46 Hull City 0.461 27 10 7 27 55 100 44 92
47 Derby County 0.449 66 29 8 12 118 64 49 4
48 Plymouth Argyle 0.448 28 10 8 25 54 88 43 91
49 York City 0.425 54 22 10 19 91 76 51 19
50 Ipswich Town 0.418 64 25 14 8 107 63 47 5
51 Accrington Stanley 0.390 63 27 9 13 96 60 49 6
52 Southend United 0.365 59 24 11 15 94 83 50 11
53 Southport 0.354 60 24 12 13 74 57 49 9
54 Scunthorpe United 0.346 57 23 11 19 89 71 53 13
55 Hartlepool United 0.319 61 28 5 16 86 62 49 7
56 Chesterfield 0.316 56 26 4 18 96 68 48 14
57 Stockport County 0.284 51 21 9 17 90 63 47 26
58 Norwich City 0.264 55 21 13 15 94 87 49 17
59 Bradford City 0.263 52 19 14 16 83 68 49 25
60 Brentford 0.262 54 20 14 14 74 70 48 20
61 Torquay United 0.252 57 22 13 15 94 71 50 12
62 Workington 0.248 49 20 9 19 82 69 48 35
63 Gateshead 0.233 45 17 11 19 77 87 47 55
64 Rochdale 0.228 47 17 13 17 66 85 47 48
65 Coventry City 0.224 49 20 9 18 73 61 47 36
66 Northampton Town 0.203 51 22 7 20 76 75 49 29
67 Gillingham 0.202 49 19 11 18 71 76 48 37
68 Bournemouth 0.200 48 19 10 18 63 52 47 39
69 Colchester United 0.192 47 18 11 18 76 83 47 46
70 Shrewsbury Town 0.190 50 18 14 18 75 73 50 32
71 Wrexham 0.190 42 16 10 21 67 76 47 65
72 Tranmere Rovers 0.186 43 17 9 22 61 87 48 62
73 Darlington 0.184 45 17 11 22 63 75 50 57
74 Bedford Town 0.179 5 2 1 1 9 6 4 94
75 Exeter City 0.176 45 17 11 22 65 82 50 58
76 Mansfield Town 0.165 41 15 11 22 87 83 48 68
77 Oldham Athletic 0.161 38 10 18 19 77 89 47 78
78 Chester City 0.158 40 13 14 20 52 83 47 73
79 Newport County 0.157 39 15 9 23 59 87 47 75
80 Halifax Town 0.157 42 15 12 22 68 78 49 66
81 Southampton 0.149 47 19 9 21 94 83 49 42
82 Reading 0.142 42 16 10 23 73 84 49 67
83 Bradford Park Avenue 0.141 37 15 7 27 68 129 49 82
84 Swindon Town 0.141 37 11 15 25 43 82 51 81
85 Aldershot 0.141 47 14 19 19 81 96 52 47
86 Walsall 0.137 43 17 9 24 78 89 50 61
87 Queens Park Rangers 0.137 39 14 11 22 64 88 47 74
88 Watford 0.133 39 14 11 23 59 91 48 76
89 Carlisle United 0.132 40 15 10 24 72 98 49 72
90 Barrow 0.128 38 14 10 26 67 90 50 80
91 Millwall 0.125 36 15 6 26 84 104 47 84
92 Crystal Palace 0.116 35 12 11 25 54 85 48 86
93 Crewe Alexandra 0.109 29 9 11 28 52 108 48 90
94 Boston United 0.054 4 2 0 1 9 7 3 96
95 Peterborough United 0.050 3 1 1 1 5 4 3 97
96 Worksop Town 0.020 5 2 1 1 7 3 4 93
97 Burton Albion 0.011 5 2 1 1 4 8 4 95
98 Bishop Auckland 0.009 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 98
99 Crook Town 0.006 1 0 1 1 3 7 2 103
100 Yeovil Town 0.003 2 0 2 1 2 5 3 102
101 Margate 0.002 1 0 1 1 3 8 2 104
102 Hastings United 0 2 1 0 1 7 5 2 99
102 Weymouth 0 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 100
102 Hendon 0 2 1 0 1 6 8 2 101
102 Northwich Victoria 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 105
102 Salisbury City 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 106
102 Goole Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 107
102 Ramsgate 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 1 108
102 Halesowen Town 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 109
102 Scarborough 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 110
102 Durham City 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 111
102 Wycombe Wanderers 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 112
102 Easington CW 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 113
102 Leyton 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 114
102 Rhyl 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 115
102 Shildon 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 116
102 Netherfield 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 117
102 Dorchester Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 118
102 Hereford United 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 119
102 March Town United 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 120
102 Skegness Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 121
102 Ashton United 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 122
102 Southall 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 123
102 Lovells Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 1 124

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.