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

England 1979-80

1978-79 1980-81

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Liverpool 5.326 83 34 15 9 109 38 58 1
2 Manchester United 2.754 61 25 11 11 71 44 47 18
3 Ipswich Town 2.625 60 25 10 13 76 44 48 21
4 Arsenal 2.573 76 26 24 11 84 52 61 3
5 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2.532 68 27 14 16 80 61 57 10
6 Nottingham Forest 2.512 64 26 12 16 86 52 54 13
7 Grimsby Town 2.233 80 33 14 12 92 56 59 2
8 Blackburn Rovers 2.095 74 31 12 14 74 48 57 4
9 West Ham United 1.938 73 30 13 16 81 57 59 5
10 Aston Villa 1.860 57 20 17 15 63 61 52 27
11 Southampton 1.744 49 20 9 17 75 57 46 46
12 Middlesbrough 1.691 50 18 14 16 58 51 48 42
13 Tottenham Hotspur 1.690 50 19 12 19 62 70 50 44
14 Norwich City 1.629 51 17 17 17 77 77 51 39
15 Birmingham City 1.603 61 25 11 12 67 46 48 19
16 Sheffield Wednesday 1.567 64 23 18 11 89 55 52 12
17 Brighton & Hove Albion 1.545 46 15 16 18 54 64 49 63
18 Swindon Town 1.543 70 28 14 21 103 85 63 7
19 Everton 1.454 49 15 19 19 66 62 53 49
20 Chesterfield 1.420 63 25 13 15 84 56 53 16
21 Coventry City 1.390 44 18 8 21 59 69 47 72
22 West Bromwich Albion 1.365 48 13 22 14 60 58 49 54
23 Crystal Palace 1.351 45 13 19 16 56 60 48 68
24 Leeds United 1.343 41 13 15 17 48 62 45 84
25 Colchester United 1.276 61 24 13 17 72 63 54 20
26 Manchester City 1.229 41 13 15 19 47 71 47 86
27 Leicester City 1.221 56 21 14 11 60 45 46 29
28 Sunderland 1.208 60 22 16 11 77 51 49 22
29 Chester City 1.185 59 22 15 18 63 63 55 25
30 Exeter City 1.174 56 23 10 20 74 81 53 30
31 Carlisle United 1.120 57 21 15 18 80 67 54 26
32 Queens Park Rangers 1.112 56 21 14 13 84 58 48 28
33 Reading 1.103 60 22 16 16 89 81 54 23
34 Chelsea 1.067 54 23 8 14 69 57 45 33
35 Rotherham United 1.045 54 21 12 20 67 72 53 34
36 Stoke City 1.038 40 14 12 21 51 65 47 91
37 Millwall 1.023 53 19 15 19 79 70 53 35
38 Bristol City 0.947 40 12 16 22 52 76 50 92
39 Walsall 0.932 69 24 21 7 80 53 52 8
40 Luton Town 0.919 50 16 18 11 67 51 45 41
41 Swansea City 0.918 53 20 13 18 65 67 51 37
42 Watford 0.913 45 16 13 19 51 55 48 69
43 Portsmouth 0.900 68 26 16 12 98 59 54 9
44 Bolton Wanderers 0.896 31 7 17 24 43 79 48 106
45 Plymouth Argyle 0.889 51 18 15 21 66 62 54 38
46 Huddersfield Town 0.872 71 29 13 10 108 57 52 6
47 Barnsley 0.869 50 18 14 20 62 67 52 43
48 Sheffield United 0.836 49 19 11 20 65 72 50 51
49 Southend United 0.823 50 18 14 24 59 69 56 45
50 Newport County 0.804 63 28 7 14 84 53 49 15
51 Cambridge United 0.786 47 15 17 15 66 62 47 57
52 Gillingham 0.769 47 15 17 20 58 61 52 59
53 Bury 0.769 49 20 9 26 56 70 55 52
54 Newcastle United 0.769 46 15 16 14 57 55 45 61
55 Shrewsbury Town 0.755 45 19 7 21 64 63 47 67
56 Wigan Athletic 0.749 64 24 16 14 84 69 54 14
57 Oldham Athletic 0.749 45 17 11 17 52 58 45 70
58 Blackpool 0.735 46 16 14 22 65 79 52 65
59 Brentford 0.720 41 15 11 23 62 83 49 85
60 Derby County 0.720 31 11 9 25 50 75 45 104
61 Leyton Orient 0.696 46 13 20 14 57 63 47 62
62 Bradford City 0.679 66 27 12 14 87 59 53 11
63 Cardiff City 0.676 43 17 9 20 43 52 46 80
64 Hull City 0.674 42 12 18 20 56 77 50 82
65 Preston North End 0.671 43 12 19 14 57 58 45 79
66 Mansfield Town 0.657 44 14 16 24 61 73 54 73
67 Wimbledon 0.621 48 14 20 24 71 95 58 55
68 Wrexham 0.617 46 19 8 23 54 65 50 64
69 Oxford United 0.600 41 14 13 22 59 70 49 83
70 Peterborough United 0.581 59 23 13 17 65 56 53 24
71 Lincoln City 0.580 55 19 17 13 67 48 49 31
72 Notts County 0.562 40 12 16 18 54 58 46 88
73 Altrincham 0.556 61 26 9 7 86 38 42 17
74 Torquay United 0.520 53 17 19 17 80 79 53 36
75 Bristol Rovers 0.507 37 12 13 20 54 70 45 96
76 Doncaster Rovers 0.471 51 18 15 19 74 74 52 40
77 Aldershot 0.464 49 18 13 20 71 65 51 48
78 Tranmere Rovers 0.455 49 17 15 21 65 65 53 50
79 Halifax Town 0.450 48 16 16 22 55 79 54 56
80 Northampton Town 0.436 49 18 13 21 59 74 52 53
81 Fulham 0.429 31 11 9 26 44 78 46 105
82 Burnley 0.422 30 7 16 23 41 77 46 108
83 Bournemouth 0.388 47 14 19 17 55 57 50 58
84 Scunthorpe United 0.372 44 14 16 19 59 79 49 75
85 York City 0.351 44 16 12 23 73 89 51 74
86 Stockport County 0.341 44 15 14 22 51 83 51 76
87 Hartlepool United 0.315 40 15 10 24 64 75 49 90
88 Darlington 0.292 40 11 18 22 54 79 51 93
89 Weymouth 0.288 54 22 10 6 73 37 38 32
90 Charlton Athletic 0.268 23 6 11 28 41 88 45 111
91 Hereford United 0.264 38 12 14 24 42 59 50 95
92 Crewe Alexandra 0.242 35 11 13 25 37 76 49 98
93 Worcester City 0.240 49 19 11 8 53 36 38 47
94 Port Vale 0.237 36 12 12 25 58 76 49 97
95 Rochdale 0.224 34 9 16 28 43 89 53 101
96 Northwich Victoria 0.182 46 17 12 13 58 44 42 60
97 Harlow Town 0.167 8 3 2 1 9 7 6 113
98 Boston United 0.167 45 16 13 9 52 43 38 66
99 Kettering Town 0.163 43 15 13 11 57 54 39 78
100 Maidstone United 0.161 43 16 11 11 54 37 38 77
101 Bangor City 0.144 42 14 14 10 41 46 38 81
102 Nuneaton Borough 0.143 40 13 14 13 61 50 40 87
103 Ebbsfleet United 0.138 44 17 10 12 49 45 39 71
104 Scarborough 0.136 39 12 15 12 47 40 39 94
105 Yeovil Town 0.132 40 15 10 16 48 52 41 89
106 Telford United 0.114 34 13 8 17 52 60 38 99
107 Bath City 0.104 32 10 12 16 43 69 38 103
108 Barnet 0.091 30 10 10 18 32 48 38 107
109 Wealdstone 0.082 33 9 15 15 42 55 39 102
110 Barrow 0.079 34 14 6 18 47 55 38 100
111 AP Leamington 0.062 25 7 11 21 32 72 39 109
112 Stafford Rangers 0.051 24 7 10 23 44 61 40 110
113 Barking 0.050 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 118
114 Redditch United 0.032 18 5 8 25 26 69 38 112
115 Croydon 0.025 3 1 1 1 6 4 3 115
116 Morecambe 0.013 1 0 1 1 1 3 2 119
117 Chesham United 0 5 2 1 1 6 5 4 114
117 Merthyr Tydfil 0 3 1 1 1 5 6 3 116
117 Slough Town 0 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 117
117 Fareham Town 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 120
117 Moor Green 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 121
117 Leytonstone/Ilford 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 122
117 Minehead 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 123
117 Salisbury City 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 124
117 Enfield 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 125
117 Hungerford Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 126
117 Blyth Spartans 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 127
117 Burton Albion 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 128
117 Kidderminster Harriers 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 129
117 Mossley 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 1 130
117 Brandon United 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 131
117 Burscough 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 132
117 Wycombe Wanderers 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 133
117 Workington 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 134

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