Ian Little (footballer)

Ian Little (born 10 December 1973) is a former Scottish football player and coach and is current manager of Berwick Rangers.[1]

Ian Little
Personal information
Full name Ian Little
Date of birth (1973-12-10) 10 December 1973
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Berwick Rangers (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
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 359 (60)
Teams managed
2011–2014 Berwick Rangers
2018–2019 Whitehill Welfare
2019– Berwick Rangers
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 03:30, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

During his playing career, Little represented Berwick Rangers, Livingston, Stenhousemuir and Alloa Athletic.[2]

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

Little was made caretaker manager of Berwick Rangers after Jimmy Crease left the club in October 2011.[3] After some good results, Berwick announced in mid-November that Little would stay in charge until 31 December, when matters will be re-assessed.[3][4] On 28 December 2011, Berwick Rangers announced that Little would remain as manager until at least the end of the 2011-12 season.[5][6] On 17 March 2012, Berwick Rangers announced that Little would remain as manager at least until the end of the 2012-13 season.[7] Berwick finished 4th in the 2012–13 Scottish Third Division, but lost to East Fife in the promotion/relegation play-offs.[8] Little left Berwick in January 2014, with the club citing its lowly league position as the reason for making a managerial change.[9][8]

After a spell as manager of Lowland League club Whitehill Welfare,[10] Little returned to Berwick in May 2019 as assistant to John Brownlie,[11] before returning to his role as manager a month later.[12][13]

Managerial statistics

As of 13 January 2014

Team Nat From To Record
GWDLWin %
Berwick Rangers December 2011 January 2014 88 30 23 35 034.09

References
  1. "Ian Little". Berwick Rangers. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  2. Ian Little at Soccerbase
  3. "Berwick put Little in charge until New Year". The Scotsman. Johnston Press. 15 November 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
  4. "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.
  5. "Little to stay in charge to end of the season". Berwick Today. 28 December 2011.
  6. "Ian Little wins permanent Berwick manager's job". BBC Sport. BBC. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  7. "Board back management". The Berwick Advertiser. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  8. "Berwick Rangers sack manager Ian Little". BBC Sport. BBC. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  9. "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.
  10. Savery, Steven. "Whitehill Welfare FC | Official Website". www.whitehillwelfare.co.uk. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  11. "Berwick Rangers: John Brownlie & Ian Little replace manager Johnny Harvey". BBC Sport. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  12. "Club update". Berwick Rangers. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  13. Goldthorp, Craig (20 June 2019). "Berwick Rangers chairman John Bell: Lowland League will be tough". Berwickshire News. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
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