Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ian Little | ||
Date of birth | 10 December 1973 | ||
Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Tranent Juniors (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
1990 | Meadowbank Thistle | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (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) |
Total | 534 | (93) | |
Managerial career | |||
2011–2014 | Berwick Rangers | ||
2018–2019 | Whitehill Welfare | ||
2019–2021 | Berwick Rangers | ||
2023 | Bo'ness United | ||
2023– | Tranent | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ian Little (born 10 December 1973) is a Scottish football coach and former player who is the manager of Tranent Juniors.
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]
As of 13 January 2014[update]
Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
Berwick Rangers | December 2011 | January 2014 | 88 | 30 | 23 | 35 | 34.09 |