Ricky Little | |
Fullname: | Ricky Little |
Birth Date: | 20 May 1989 |
Birth Place: | Stevenston, Scotland |
Position: | Centre-back, right-back |
Youthclubs1: | Ayr United |
Youthclubs2: | Ardrossan Winton Rovers |
Years1: | –2007 |
Clubs1: | Ardrossan Winton Rovers |
Years2: | 2007–2010 |
Clubs2: | Partick Thistle |
Caps2: | 4 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2008 |
Clubs3: | → Queen's Park (loan) |
Caps3: | 11 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 2009 |
Clubs4: | → Queen's Park (loan) |
Caps4: | 7 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 2010–2013 |
Clubs5: | Queen's Park |
Caps5: | 116 |
Goals5: | 1 |
Years6: | 2013–2024 |
Clubs6: | Arbroath |
Caps6: | 306 |
Goals6: | 11 |
Club-Update: | 03:25, 13 February 2024 (UTC) |
Ricky Little (born 20 May 1989) is a Scottish footballer who last played as a defender for Arbroath in the Scottish Championship.
Little began his youth career on the books of the Ayr United youth squad and Ardrossan Winton Rovers,[1] and he captained Scotland schoolboys under-18s in season 2006–07.
When he moved into the senior game, he featured on the subs bench[2] 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.[3]
Little joined up with Queen's Park again on loan for two months in November 2009.[4] Following his release from the Jags in Jan 2010, he rejoined Queen's Park permanently until the end of the season.[5] 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.[6]
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.[7] Shortly after joining the club, he suffered an injury in a Scottish Challenge Cup match against Stenhousemuir,[8] which kept him out for six months.[9]
On 2 May 2015, Little scored from his own half as Arbroath beat Berwick Rangers 5–0.[10] 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.[11] He was also part of the squads that won the 2016–17 Scottish League Two and 2018–19 Scottish League One titles.[12]
Club | Season | League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Partick Thistle | 2007–08 | Scottish First Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
2008–09 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
2009–10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
Queen's Park (loan) | 2008–09 | Scottish Second Division | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
Queen's Park (loan) | 2009–10 | Scottish Third Division | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
Queen's Park | 2009–10 | Scottish Third Division | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[13] | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
2010–11[14] | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[15] | 0 | 41 | 1 | |||
2011–12 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[16] | 0 | 41 | 0 | |||
2012–13 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 1 | |||
Total | 116 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 140 | 2 | |||
Arbroath | 2013–14 | Scottish League One | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
2014–15[17] | Scottish League Two | 25 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[18] | 0 | 34 | 2 | ||
2015–16 | 33 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 1 | |||
2016–17 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 3 | |||
2017–18 | Scottish League One | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3[19] | 0 | 44 | 0 | ||
2018–19 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 3 | |||
2019–20 | Scottish Championship | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
Total | 193 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 237 | 9 | |||
Career total | 331 | 9 | 25 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 400 | 11 |
November 2018[20]
2018–19[24]