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

England 1978-79

1977-78 1979-80

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Liverpool 5.116 78 34 10 6 95 20 50 3
2 Nottingham Forest 4.744 80 30 20 4 92 36 54 1
3 West Bromwich Albion 2.855 68 26 16 9 85 44 51 9
4 Watford 2.350 77 31 15 12 104 61 58 4
5 Arsenal 2.319 65 23 19 12 82 61 54 14
6 Shrewsbury Town 2.263 75 27 21 8 80 52 56 5
7 Leeds United 2.256 64 23 18 12 92 64 53 15
8 Everton 2.194 55 19 17 10 64 45 46 30
9 Manchester United 1.998 60 21 18 14 78 74 53 21
10 Crystal Palace 1.869 66 22 22 6 59 31 50 11
11 Ipswich Town 1.865 56 23 10 16 74 60 49 28
12 Southampton 1.832 60 20 20 16 69 66 56 22
13 Swindon Town 1.787 69 30 9 16 90 60 55 7
14 Aston Villa 1.774 52 17 18 13 64 54 48 37
15 Swansea City 1.737 70 28 14 13 105 75 55 6
16 Stoke City 1.671 63 23 17 8 67 38 48 16
17 Tottenham Hotspur 1.669 51 16 19 16 63 75 51 40
18 Sunderland 1.589 58 23 12 11 73 51 46 25
19 Reading 1.537 80 32 16 9 90 46 57 2
20 Brighton & Hove Albion 1.451 62 26 10 11 80 46 47 17
21 Coventry City 1.385 45 14 17 14 61 76 45 63
22 Gillingham 1.383 60 21 18 11 68 49 50 20
23 Manchester City 1.357 49 17 15 18 72 64 50 43
24 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1.350 44 17 10 23 54 76 50 67
25 Colchester United 1.253 62 21 20 14 73 62 55 18
26 Norwich City 1.201 41 9 23 14 57 64 46 75
27 Carlisle United 1.199 57 17 23 11 62 49 51 27
28 Bristol City 1.186 42 16 10 19 51 57 45 73
29 Rotherham United 1.159 56 21 14 21 68 66 56 29
30 Middlesbrough 1.130 42 15 12 19 58 53 46 71
31 Exeter City 1.121 58 21 16 16 68 62 53 26
32 Aldershot 1.029 68 24 20 12 74 57 56 10
33 West Ham United 1.018 50 18 14 12 72 43 44 41
34 Chester City 1.004 52 17 18 18 70 68 53 38
35 Blackpool 0.982 53 21 11 21 71 70 53 34
36 Sheffield Wednesday 0.979 59 17 25 17 69 66 59 24
37 Notts County 0.968 50 17 16 14 56 66 47 42
38 Hull City 0.952 53 21 11 19 70 68 51 33
39 Southend United 0.931 53 18 17 18 58 59 53 35
40 Bolton Wanderers 0.929 37 13 11 21 58 81 45 81
41 Fulham 0.918 45 14 17 16 55 52 47 59
42 Barnsley 0.908 65 25 15 11 81 48 51 13
43 Newport County 0.898 62 25 12 17 73 64 54 19
44 Sheffield United 0.889 37 12 13 21 54 74 46 80
45 Plymouth Argyle 0.874 48 16 16 19 72 75 51 47
46 Preston North End 0.851 47 14 19 14 68 63 47 50
47 Wimbledon 0.850 69 28 13 13 86 60 54 8
48 Oxford United 0.845 53 17 19 16 53 63 52 36
49 Newcastle United 0.834 45 18 9 19 56 60 46 60
50 Grimsby Town 0.816 65 28 9 13 87 52 50 12
51 Burnley 0.812 48 17 14 18 62 72 49 48
52 Charlton Athletic 0.789 45 15 15 20 75 82 50 61
53 Leyton Orient 0.787 43 16 11 19 55 57 46 68
54 Luton Town 0.783 42 16 10 21 67 64 47 72
55 Bristol Rovers 0.782 44 17 10 20 53 71 47 66
56 Brentford 0.776 47 19 9 21 54 57 49 51
57 Derby County 0.774 33 11 11 23 45 75 45 85
58 Chesterfield 0.770 46 15 16 21 60 74 52 56
59 Queens Park Rangers 0.760 29 8 13 25 50 78 46 88
60 Cambridge United 0.750 41 12 17 16 48 59 45 76
61 Wrexham 0.745 45 15 15 18 61 54 48 58
62 Oldham Athletic 0.738 44 15 14 18 58 67 47 65
63 Bury 0.723 47 13 21 18 71 76 52 52
64 Cardiff City 0.719 42 16 10 19 58 77 45 74
65 Leicester City 0.715 39 11 17 17 47 56 45 78
66 Mansfield Town 0.687 44 12 20 17 53 57 49 64
67 Peterborough United 0.649 46 15 16 24 53 70 55 57
68 Wigan Athletic 0.632 59 22 15 14 69 58 51 23
69 Portsmouth 0.612 55 21 13 16 66 53 50 31
70 Torquay United 0.560 51 21 9 21 64 71 51 39
71 Millwall 0.549 36 13 10 23 45 64 46 83
72 Darlington 0.509 48 15 18 22 59 74 55 49
73 Blackburn Rovers 0.504 32 11 10 24 44 76 45 86
74 York City 0.484 54 21 12 20 63 67 53 32
75 Stockport County 0.460 46 17 12 23 74 74 52 54
76 Huddersfield Town 0.459 48 18 12 19 60 60 49 46
77 Walsall 0.449 36 12 12 26 61 76 50 82
78 Scunthorpe United 0.444 46 17 12 21 55 66 50 55
79 Bradford City 0.444 49 19 11 22 71 77 52 44
80 Hartlepool United 0.427 49 15 19 17 62 78 51 45
81 Birmingham City 0.406 22 6 10 28 39 71 44 91
82 Hereford United 0.406 46 16 14 21 58 57 51 53
83 Tranmere Rovers 0.391 32 7 18 26 50 87 51 87
84 Port Vale 0.387 43 14 15 20 58 75 49 70
85 Bournemouth 0.363 43 15 13 23 52 54 51 69
86 Chelsea 0.352 20 5 10 29 45 97 44 92
87 Northampton Town 0.351 45 17 11 24 70 84 52 62
88 Doncaster Rovers 0.333 41 15 11 25 53 79 51 77
89 Rochdale 0.328 39 15 9 25 49 70 49 79
90 Lincoln City 0.300 26 7 12 30 43 93 49 90
91 Crewe Alexandra 0.263 34 10 14 28 53 95 52 84
92 Maidstone United 0.198 5 2 1 1 4 3 4 94
93 Halifax Town 0.177 26 9 8 32 40 77 49 89
94 Altrincham 0.121 5 2 1 1 7 7 4 95
95 Worcester City 0.115 3 1 1 1 3 2 3 96
96 Woking 0.040 5 1 3 1 14 13 5 93
97 Leatherhead 0.030 3 1 1 1 3 6 3 97
98 Droylsden 0.027 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 101
99 Runcorn Halton 0.012 1 0 1 1 1 6 2 107
100 Weymouth 0.012 1 0 1 1 1 3 2 106
101 Ebbsfleet United 0.011 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 104
102 Barnet 0.010 2 0 2 1 6 9 3 103
103 Blyth Spartans 0.006 1 0 1 1 4 6 2 105
104 Enfield 0 2 1 0 1 5 3 2 98
104 AP Leamington 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 99
104 Barking 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 100
104 Scarborough 0 2 1 0 1 1 3 2 102
104 Southport 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 1 108
104 Boston United 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 109
104 Dartford 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 110
104 Hitchin Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 111
104 Merthyr Tydfil 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 112
104 Stafford Rangers 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 113
104 Chorley 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 114
104 Wycombe Wanderers 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 115
104 Yeovil Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 116
104 March Town United 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 117
104 Nuneaton Borough 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 118
104 Hillingdon Borough 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 119
104 Dagenham 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 120
104 Workington 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 121
104 Morecambe 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 122
104 Worksop Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 123
104 Wealdstone 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 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.