Billy Little

For other people with the same name, see William Little.

Billy Little

Personal information
Date of birth	(1940-02-04) 4 February 1940 (age 85) [1]
Place of birth	Dumfries, Scotland
Position(s)	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

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]}

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

^{[8] [9]} [10]

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

East Stirlingshire

• Stirlingshire Cup  : 1984-85

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". Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
5. "Jimmy Robertson interview on "Queens Legends"".
6. "Aberdeen Football Club Heritage Trust - Player Profile". afcheritage.org. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
7. "bettermeddle..." bettermeddle.org.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
8. "Falkirk Manager Billy Little Details". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
9. "Queen of the South Manager Billy Little Details". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
10. "East Stirlingshire Manager Billy Little Details". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 13 March 2023.