Billy Little
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 February 1940[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Dumfries, Scotland | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Dumfries Academy | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1959–1969 | Aberdeen | 199 | (61) |
| 1969–1970 | Caledonian | ||
| 1970–1971 | Falkirk | 4 | (1) |
| 1971–1972 | Stirling Albion | 18 | (3) |
| 1972–1973 | East Stirlingshire | 18 | (1) |
| Total | 239 | (66) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1977–1979 | Falkirk | ||
| 1979–1980 | Queen of the South | ||
| 1983–1985 | East Stirlingshire | ||
| 1990 | Alloa Athletic | ||
| 1993–1997 | East Stirlingshire | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
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 and 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 manager of Queens signed Jimmy Robertson for the Palmerston Park club.[5]
Honours
- East Stirlingshire
- Stirlingshire Cup : 1984-85
References
- ↑ "Billy Little". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
- 1 2 3 "Club News". Archived from the original on 14 April 2008. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
- ↑ "Capped Queens". Archived from the original on 18 August 2009. Retrieved 2010-05-29.
- ↑ Falkirk FC Managers
- ↑ "Jimmy Robertson interview on "Queens Legends"". Archived from the original on 17 September 2009.