Billy Little

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Billy Little
Personal information
Date of birth (1940-02-03) 3 February 1940 (age 83) [1]
Place of birth Dumfries, Scotland
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Dumfries Academy
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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)
Total277(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.

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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]

ClubSeasonLeagueScottish CupLeague CupEuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Aberdeen 1957-58 Scottish Division One 84101000104
1958-59 29134261003916
1959-60 309303000369
1960-61 29121031003313
1961-62 30175553004025
1962-63 166005200218
1963-64 100306100191
1964-65 213000000213
1965-66 34104161004412
1966-67 1411010300254
1967-68 153100010173
1968-69 1000000010
Total2377823845121030698
Caledonian 1969-70 Highland League ----------
Total----------
Falkirk 1970-71 Scottish Division One 6100110072
Total6100110072
Stirling Albion 1971-72 Scottish Division Two 183------18+3+
Total183------18+3+
East Stirlingshire 1972-73 Scottish Division Two 181------18+1+
Total181------18+1+
Career total2798323+8+46+13+10349+104+

Managerial record

[8] [9] [10]

TeamFromToRecord
PWLDWin %
Falkirk 197719799938303138.38%
Queen of the South 197919804514211031.11%
East Stirlingshire 19831985-----
Alloa Athletic 199019901427514.29%
East Stirlingshire 1993199714649623533.56%
Career total304+103+120+81+29.40%

Honours

East Stirlingshire

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