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Ricky Little

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Ricky Little
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-05-20) 20 May 1989 (age 37)
Place of birth Stevenston, Scotland
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Positions
Team information
Current team
 Beith Juniors
Youth career
Ayr United
Ardrossan Winton Rovers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (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 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.

Career

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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

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As of match played 18 January 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Partick Thistle 2007–08[15] Scottish First Division 3000000030
2008–09[16] 1000000010
2009–10[17] 0000000000
Total 4000000040
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
Total 116180501111402
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
Total 19381601401412379
Career total 331925019025240011
  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

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Club

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Arbroath

Individual

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Ricky Little at Soccerway
  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.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ↑ "Little loaned out to Queen's Park". BBC Sport. 17 September 2008. Retrieved 17 September 2008.
  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.
  14. ↑ "Beith Juniors sign Ricky Little after Arbroath departure". Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Ricky Little in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  16. 1 2 "Games played by Ricky Little in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  17. 1 2 3 "Games played by Ricky Little in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Ricky Little in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  19. ↑ "Bo'Ness 2 Queens Pk 1". Sky Sports. 23 October 2010. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  20. ↑ "Games played by Ricky Little in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  21. ↑ "Games played by Ricky Little in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  22. ↑ "Games played by Ricky Little in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  23. ↑ "Games played by Ricky Little in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  24. ↑ "Hamilton Academical 2–1 Arbroath". BBC Sport. 2 August 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  25. ↑ "Games played by Ricky Little in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  26. ↑ "Games played by Ricky Little in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  27. ↑ "Games played by Ricky Little in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  28. ↑ "Games played by Ricky Little in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  29. ↑ "Games played by Ricky Little in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  30. ↑ "LEAGUE 1 AWARD FOR LITTLE". Scottish Professional Football League. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  31. ↑ Ross, Jack (2 May 2012). "PFA SCOTLAND DIVISION THREE TEAM OF THE YEAR". PFA Scotland. Archived from the original on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  32. ↑ Ross, Jack (2 May 2013). "PFA SCOTLAND TEAMS OF THE YEAR". PFA Scotland. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  33. ↑ "PFA SCOTLAND TEAMS OF THE YEAR". Scottish Professional Football League. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  34. ↑ @PFAScotland (5 May 2019). "And the League 1 Team of the Year 2019 is...congratulations to all the players #PFAS #ToY" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 August 2019 – via Twitter.
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