Billy Little

For other people with the same name, see William Little.

Billy Little
Personal information
Date of birth (1940-02-03) 3 February 1940 (age 84)[1]
Place of birth Dumfries, Scotland
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Dumfries Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1969 Aberdeen 237 (78)
1969–1970 Caledonian
1970–1971 Falkirk 4 (1)
1971–1972 Stirling Albion 18 (3)
1972–1973 East Stirlingshire 18 (1)
Total 277 (83)
Managerial career
1977–1979 Falkirk
1979–1980 Queen of the South
1983–1985 East Stirlingshire
1990 Alloa Athletic
1993–1997 East Stirlingshire
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Billy Little (born 3 February 1940) in Dumfries is a Scottish former professional association footballer and manager best known for his time at Aberdeen.

Playing career

Little joined Aberdeen in 1957, having played for Scottish School boys defeat of England schools at Parkhead in that year. He made over 300 appearances for Aberdeen, scoring 98 goals over 12 years.[2] While at Aberdeen Little was a Scottish League and under 23 internationalist.[3] Little moved to Australia in 1969.[2] He returned to Scotland a year later, signing for Highland Football League Club, Inverness Caledonian FC. He then moved back into the Scottish League and had spells with Falkirk, Stirling Albion, East Stirlingshire and Alloa Athletic.[2]

Management

Little managed Falkirk[4] and hometown club Queen of the South. It was he who as Queen's manager signed Jimmy Robertson for the Palmerston Park club.[5]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[6][7]

Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Aberdeen 1957-58 Scottish Division One 8 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 4
1958-59 29 13 4 2 6 1 0 0 39 16
1959-60 30 9 3 0 3 0 0 0 36 9
1960-61 29 12 1 0 3 1 0 0 33 13
1961-62 30 17 5 5 5 3 0 0 40 25
1962-63 16 6 0 0 5 2 0 0 21 8
1963-64 10 0 3 0 6 1 0 0 19 1
1964-65 21 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 3
1965-66 34 10 4 1 6 1 0 0 44 12
1966-67 14 1 1 0 10 3 0 0 25 4
1967-68 15 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 17 3
1968-69 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 237 78 23 8 45 12 1 0 306 98
Caledonian 1969-70 Highland League - - - - - - - - - -
Total - - - - - - - - - -
Falkirk 1970-71 Scottish Division One 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 2
Total 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 2
Stirling Albion 1971-72 Scottish Division Two 18 3 - - - - - - 18+ 3+
Total 18 3 - - - - - - 18+ 3+
East Stirlingshire 1972-73 Scottish Division Two 18 1 - - - - - - 18+ 1+
Total 18 1 - - - - - - 18+ 1+
Career total 279 83 23+ 8+ 46+ 13+ 1 0 349+ 104+

Managerial record

[8][9][1][10]

Team From To Record
P W L D Win %
Falkirk 1977 1979 99 38 30 31 38.38%
Queen of the South 1979 1980 45 14 21 10 31.11%
East Stirlingshire 1983 1985 - - - - -
Alloa Athletic 1990 1990 14 2 7 5 14.29%
East Stirlingshire 1993 1997 146 49 62 35 33.56%
Career total 304+ 103+ 120+ 81+ 29.40%

Honours

East Stirlingshire

References

  1. ^ "Billy Little". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "Club News". Archived from the original on 14 April 2008. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Capped Queens". Archived from the original on 18 August 2009. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
  4. ^ "Falkirk FC Managers". Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  5. ^ "Jimmy Robertson interview on "Queens Legends"".
  6. ^ "Aberdeen Football Club Heritage Trust - Player Profile". afcheritage.org. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  7. ^ "bettermeddle..." bettermeddle.org.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  8. ^ "Falkirk Manager Billy Little Details". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Queen of the South Manager Billy Little Details". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  10. ^ "East Stirlingshire Manager Billy Little Details". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 13 March 2023.