Ricky Little

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Ricky Little
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-05-20) 20 May 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Stevenston, Scotland
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Position(s) Centre-back, right-back
Team information
Current team
 Beith Juniors
Youth career
Ayr United
Ardrossan Winton Rovers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007 Ardrossan Winton Rovers
2007–2010 Partick Thistle 4 (0)
2008 → Queen's Park (loan) 11 (0)
2009 → Queen's Park (loan) 7 (0)
2010–2013 Queen's Park 116 (1)
2013–2024 Arbroath 318 (11)
2024– Beith Juniors 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 May 2024

Ricky Little (born 20 May 1989) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a defender for Beith Juniors in the West of Scotland Football League.

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Career

Little began his youth career on the books of the Ayr United youth squad and Ardrossan Winton Rovers, [2] and he captained Scotland schoolboys under-18s in season 2006–07.

When he moved into the senior game, he featured on the subs bench [3] for the Partick Thistle first team several times to cover for injury under Ian McCall.

Little was sent on a month's loan to Queen's Park on 17 September 2008, as he was too old to play for the Firhill side's under 19 side. [4]

Little joined up with Queen's Park again on loan for two months in November 2009. [5] Following his release from the Jags in Jan 2010, he rejoined Queen's Park permanently until the end of the season. [6] He signed a new contract with Queen's Park at the beginning of season 2010–11 and was nominated for PFA Scotland Scottish Third Division Player of the Year at the end of a season that also saw him named club captain. [7]

After spending three years at Queen's Park, in June 2013, Arbroath manager Paul Sheerin signed Little to replace Stuart Malcolm who signed for Forfar Athletic. [8] Shortly after joining the club, he suffered an injury in a Scottish Challenge Cup match against Stenhousemuir, [9] which kept him out for six months. [10]

On 2 May 2015, Little scored from his own half as Arbroath beat Berwick Rangers 5–0. [11] He would go on to become a mainstay of the Arbroath defence, which saw him once again named in the PFA Scotland Team of the Year for Scottish League One in 2015–16. [12] He was also part of the squads that won the 2016–17 Scottish League Two and 2018–19 Scottish League One titles. [13]

Following his release from Arbroath in the summer of 2024, Little returned to junior football, signing for Beith Juniors in the West of Scotland Football League. [14]

Career statistics

As of match played 18 January 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague Scottish Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Partick Thistle 2007–08 [15] Scottish First Division 3000000030
2008–09 [16] 1000000010
2009–10 [17] 0000000000
Total4000000040
Queen's Park (loan) 2008–09 [16] Scottish Second Division 110100000120
Queen's Park (loan) 2009–10 [17] Scottish Third Division 7000000070
Queen's Park 2009–10 [17] Scottish Third Division 17000002 [a] 0190
2010–11 [18] [1] [19] 35110104 [b] 0411
2011–12 [20] [1] 33040103 [c] 0410
2012–13 [21] [1] 31030302 [c] 1391
Total116180501111402
Arbroath 2013–14 [22] Scottish League One 10000001 [c] 0110
2014–15 [23] [1] [24] Scottish League Two 25250103 [d] 0342
2015–16 [25] 33130101 [c] 0381
2016–17 [26] 34220202 [c] 1403
2017–18 [27] Scottish League One 35020403 [e] 0440
2018–19 [28] 36310402 [c] 0433
2019–20 [29] Scottish Championship 20030202 [c] 0270
Total19381601401412379
Career total331925019025240011
  1. ↑ Appearances in the Second Division play-offs
  2. ↑ Two appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup and two appearances in the Second Division play-offs
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup and two appearances in the Second Division play-offs
  4. ↑ One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup and two appearances in the League One play-offs
  5. ↑ One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup and two appearances in the League One play-offs

Honours

Club

Arbroath

Individual

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References

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  2. ↑ "LITTLE MEANS A LOT AT QUEEN'S PARK". Scottish Professional Football League. 23 January 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  3. ↑ "Partick Thistle 2–1 Ayr United". ptfc.co.uk. 24 November 2007. Retrieved 27 September 2008.[ permanent dead link ]
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  5. ↑ "PLAYER LEAVES ON LOAN". Partick Thistle F.C. 5 November 2009. Archived from the original on 7 April 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  6. ↑ Wilson, Fraser (22 January 2010). "Queen's Park Finalise Ricky Little Signing". The Glaswegian. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  7. ↑ "Scotland's player of the year awards nominees announced". BBC Sport. 14 April 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  8. ↑ "Spiders lose skipper Little". Evening Times. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  9. ↑ "LITTLE BLOW IS A BIG ONE FOR ARBROATH". Scottish Professional Football League. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  10. ↑ "BIG GAMES KEEP COMING FOR LITTLE". Scottish Professional Football League. 7 March 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  11. ↑ "Bounce blunder caps keeper's bad day". BBC Sport. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  12. 1 2 "PFA SCOTLAND TEAMS OF THE YEAR". Scottish Professional Football League. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  13. 1 2 "ARBROATH'S TITLE IN NUMBERS". Scottish Professional Football League. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
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