Ricky Little

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Ricky Little
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-05-20) 20 May 1989 (age 36)
Place of birth Stevenston, Scotland
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s)
Team information
Current team
 Beith Juniors
Youth career
Ayr United
Ardrossan Winton Rovers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007 Ardrossan Winton Rovers
2007–2010 Partick Thistle 4 (0)
2008 → Queen's Park (loan) 11 (0)
2009 → Queen's Park (loan) 7 (0)
2010–2013 Queen's Park 116 (1)
2013–2024 Arbroath 318 (11)
2024– Beith Juniors 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 3 May 2024

Ricky Little (born 20 May 1989) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a defender for Beith Juniors in the West of Scotland Football League.

Career

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Little began his youth career on the books of the Ayr United youth squad and Ardrossan Winton Rovers,[2] and he captained Scotland schoolboys under-18s in season 2006–07.

When he moved into the senior game, he featured on the subs bench[3] for the Partick Thistle first team several times to cover for injury under Ian McCall.

Little was sent on a month's loan to Queen's Park on 17 September 2008, as he was too old to play for the Firhill side's under 19 side.[4]

Little joined up with Queen's Park again on loan for two months in November 2009.[5] Following his release from the Jags in Jan 2010, he rejoined Queen's Park permanently until the end of the season.[6] He signed a new contract with Queen's Park at the beginning of season 2010–11 and was nominated for PFA Scotland Scottish Third Division Player of the Year at the end of a season that also saw him named club captain.[7]

After spending three years at Queen's Park, in June 2013, Arbroath manager Paul Sheerin signed Little to replace Stuart Malcolm who signed for Forfar Athletic.[8] Shortly after joining the club, he suffered an injury in a Scottish Challenge Cup match against Stenhousemuir,[9] which kept him out for six months.[10]

On 2 May 2015, Little scored from his own half as Arbroath beat Berwick Rangers 5–0.[11] He would go on to become a mainstay of the Arbroath defence, which saw him once again named in the PFA Scotland Team of the Year for Scottish League One in 2015–16.[12] He was also part of the squads that won the 2016–17 Scottish League Two and 2018–19 Scottish League One titles.[13]

Following his release from Arbroath in the summer of 2024, Little returned to junior football, signing for Beith Juniors in the West of Scotland Football League.[14]

Career statistics

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As of match played 18 January 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Partick Thistle 2007–08[15] Scottish First Division 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2008–09[16] 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2009–10[17] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Queen's Park (loan) 2008–09[16] Scottish Second Division 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
Queen's Park (loan) 2009–10[17] Scottish Third Division 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Queen's Park 2009–10[17] Scottish Third Division 17 0 0 0 0 0 2[a] 0 19 0
2010–11[18][1][19] 35 1 1 0 1 0 4[b] 0 41 1
2011–12[20][1] 33 0 4 0 1 0 3[c] 0 41 0
2012–13[21][1] 31 0 3 0 3 0 2[c] 1 39 1
Total 116 1 8 0 5 0 11 1 140 2
Arbroath 2013–14[22] Scottish League One 10 0 0 0 0 0 1[c] 0 11 0
2014–15[23][1][24] Scottish League Two 25 2 5 0 1 0 3[d] 0 34 2
2015–16[25] 33 1 3 0 1 0 1[c] 0 38 1
2016–17[26] 34 2 2 0 2 0 2[c] 1 40 3
2017–18[27] Scottish League One 35 0 2 0 4 0 3[e] 0 44 0
2018–19[28] 36 3 1 0 4 0 2[c] 0 43 3
2019–20[29] Scottish Championship 20 0 3 0 2 0 2[c] 0 27 0
Total 193 8 16 0 14 0 14 1 237 9
Career total 331 9 25 0 19 0 25 2 400 11
  1. ^ Appearances in the Second Division play-offs
  2. ^ Two appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup and two appearances in the Second Division play-offs
  3. ^ a b c d e f g One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup and two appearances in the Second Division play-offs
  4. ^ One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup and two appearances in the League One play-offs
  5. ^ One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup and two appearances in the League One play-offs

Honours

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Club

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Arbroath

Individual

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References

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