Billy Little (born 3 February 1940) in Dumfries is a Scottish former professional

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er and manager best known for his time at

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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. While at Aberdeen Little was a

Scottish League The Scottish Football League (SFL) was a league featuring professional and semi-professional football clubs mostly from Scotland.One club, Berwick Rangers, is based in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, which is located approximately 4 km sout ...

and under 23 internationalist. Little moved to Australia in 1969. 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 Stirling Albion Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the city of Stirling. The club was founded in 1945 following the demise of King's Park after World War II. The club currently competes in Scottish League Two as a member of the ...

East Stirlingshire East Stirlingshire Football Club is a Scotland, Scottish association football club based in the town of Falkirk. The club was founded in 1881 and competes in the , in the fifth tier of the Scottish football league system. The club's origins ca ...

and

Alloa Athletic Alloa Athletic Football Club is a Scottish association football semi-professional club based in the town of Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Formed as Alloa in 1880, the football club shortly changed its name to Alloa Association, and then to Alloa Ath ...

Management

Little managed Falkirk and hometown club Queen of the South. It was he who as Queen's manager signed Jimmy Robertson for the

Palmerston Park Palmerston Park is a football stadium on Terregles Street in Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is the home ground of Scottish League One club Queen of the South, who have played there since 1919. South of Scotland League club He ...

club.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Managerial record

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Honours

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: 1984-85

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Little, Billy 1940 births Living people Men's association football forwards Scottish men's footballers Aberdeen F.C. players Falkirk F.C. players Stirling Albion F.C. players East Stirlingshire F.C. players Scottish Football League players Scottish football managers Falkirk F.C. managers Queen of the South F.C. managers East Stirlingshire F.C. managers Alloa Athletic F.C. managers Footballers from Dumfries Caledonian F.C. players Scottish Football League managers