Ian Little (footballer)

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Ian Little
Personal information
Full name Ian Little
Date of birth (1973-12-10) 10 December 1973 (age 50)
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1990 Meadowbank Thistle
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1990–1995 Meadowbank Thistle 175 (33)
1995–1998 Stenhousemuir 20 (8)
1998–2000 Livingston 17 (1)
1999 → Alloa Athletic (loan) 20 (4)
2000–2004 Alloa Athletic 138 (23)
2004–2012 Berwick Rangers 164 (24)
Total534(93)
Managerial career
2011–2014 Berwick Rangers
2018–2019 Whitehill Welfare
2019–2021 Berwick Rangers
2023 Bo'ness United
2023–2024 Tranent
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ian Little (born 10 December 1973) is a Scottish football coach and former player who was most recently manager of Tranent Juniors.

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Career

Starting his career with Meadowbank Thistle, Little appeared in a Scotland u-18 national team fixture vs the Republic of Ireland at the age of 16, which coincided with a run of five goals in his first seven first team matches. [1] He want on to make make close to 200 appearances for Thistle in all competitions, before moving on to represent Stenhousemuir, Livingston, Alloa Athletic, and Berwick Rangers. [2] [3] [4]

Little had spells as manager of Vale of Leithen, Heriot Watt University, Livingston Under 20s, a brief caretaker role at Tranent Juniors, Whitehill Welfare, and Berwick Rangers.

Little was made caretaker manager of Berwick Rangers after Jimmy Crease left the club in October 2011. [5] After some good results, Berwick announced in mid-November that Little would stay in charge until 31 December, when matters will be re-assessed. [5] [6] On 28 December 2011, Berwick Rangers announced that Little would remain as manager until at least the end of the 2011-12 season. [7] [8] On 17 March 2012, Berwick Rangers announced that Little would remain as manager at least until the end of the 2012-13 season. [9] Berwick finished 4th in the 2012–13 Scottish Third Division, but lost to East Fife in the promotion/relegation play-offs. [10] Little left Berwick in January 2014, with the club citing its lowly league position as the reason for making a managerial change. [11] [10]

After a spell as manager of Lowland League club Whitehill Welfare, [12] Little returned to Berwick in May 2019 as assistant to John Brownlie, [13] before returning to his role as manager a month later. [14] [15]

Berwick parted company with Little on 28 May 2021. [16]

Little was appointed assistant manager of Bo'ness United in July 2022. [17]

Managerial statistics

As of 13 January 2014

TeamNatFromToRecord
GWDLWin %
Berwick Rangers Flag of Scotland.svg December 2011January 201488302335034.09

Honours

Player

Stenhousemuir
Alloa Athletic

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References

  1. ↑ Meadowbank Thistle match programme 24 September 1990 vs Forfar Athletic.
  2. ↑ Ian Little at Soccerbase
  3. ↑ "'I couldn't turn down offer from old pal Max' - Ian Little reveals why he accepted coaching role at Bo'ness United". Falkirk Herald. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "Livingston Player Stats". Neil Brown. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  5. 1 2 "Berwick put Little in charge until New Year". The Scotsman . Johnston Press. 15 November 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
  6. ↑ "Ian Little to stay in charge of Berwick Rangers until end of the year". Daily Record . Trinity Mirror. 15 November 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
  7. ↑ "Little to stay in charge to end of the season". Berwick Today. 28 December 2011. Archived from the original on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
  8. ↑ "Ian Little wins permanent Berwick manager's job". BBC Sport. BBC. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  9. ↑ "Board back management". The Berwick Advertiser. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  10. 1 2 "Berwick Rangers sack manager Ian Little". BBC Sport. BBC. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  11. ↑ "Berwick and Ian Little Part Company". www.berwickrangersfc.co.uk. Berwick Rangers FC. 12 January 2014. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  12. ↑ Savery, Steven. "Whitehill Welfare FC | Official Website". www.whitehillwelfare.co.uk. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  13. ↑ "Berwick Rangers: John Brownlie & Ian Little replace manager Johnny Harvey". BBC Sport. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  14. ↑ "Club update". Berwick Rangers. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  15. ↑ Goldthorp, Craig (20 June 2019). "Berwick Rangers chairman John Bell: Lowland League will be tough". Berwickshire News. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  16. ↑ "Berwick part company with Little". Berwick Rangers Football Club. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  17. ↑ "'I couldn't turn down offer from old pal Max' - Ian Little reveals why he accepted coaching role at Bo'ness United". Falkirk Herald. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  18. ↑ "BELL'S CUP". spfl.co.uk. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  19. ↑ "BELL'S CUP". spfl.co.uk. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
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