Billy Little
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 February 1940[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Dumfries, Scotland | ||
| Position | 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 4 February 1940) is a Scottish former professional footballer and manager best known for his time at Aberdeen.
Playing career
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]Club
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]| 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
[edit | edit source]- East Stirlingshire
- Stirlingshire Cup : 1984-85
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- 1940 births
- Living people
- Men's association football forwards
- Scottish men's footballers
- Aberdeen F.C. players
- Falkirk F.C. players
- Stirling Albion F.C. players
- East Stirlingshire F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- Scottish football managers
- Falkirk F.C. managers
- Queen of the South F.C. managers
- East Stirlingshire F.C. managers
- Alloa Athletic F.C. managers
- Footballers from Dumfries
- Caledonian F.C. players
- Scottish Football League managers