Billy Little

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

Billy Little
Personal information
Date of birth (1940-02-03) 3 February 1940[1]
Place of birth Dumfries, Scotland
Position(s) 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

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]

Honours

East Stirlingshire

References

  1. "Billy Little". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  2. "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
  5. "Jimmy Robertson interview on "Queens Legends"".
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