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Brian
Little |
Aston Villa FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 0 D
1 L 0 F 2: A 2
*(actual F 1: A 0)
50% successful
1975
disciplined: none
captain: none
minutes played: 17 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Brian Little |
(*Actual
for and against are the goals scored
while the player was on the field.) |
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Born |
25 November 1953
in Peterlee, County Durham [registered in
Newcastle upon Tyne, December 1953].
Attended Dene House Infant and Junior
Schools, Peterlee. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
8", 11st.
2lbs [1975]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
After playing North Eastern schools football, Little
joined Aston Villa FC as an apprentice in April 1969, he turned
professional in March 1971. He remained with Villa, playing 247
league matches, scoring sixty goals. He retired after a transfer to
Birmingham City FC did not materalise following a failed medical. The knee
injury forced his retirment at the young age of 27 in March 1981. |
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Club honours |
Football League Cup winners 1974-75, 1976-77; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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Management Career |
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Club(s) |
Little
remained with Aston Villa FC when he joined the backroom staff in the club
shop, then into a variety of coaching roles until 1984, when he was taken
by Wolverhampton Wanderers FC who became the their first team coach, a
position he held until his appointment as manager on 31 August 1986 when Wolves were in
the fourth division of the Football League. He only stayed in that
position for 36 days, until Graham Turner took over the managerial
responsbililty after also being sacked by Aston Villa. Little left for
Middlesbrough FC, who were also facing financial difficulties. After
coaching Boro back to the first division, Little left in February 1989 who became the manager of Darlington FC, as they propped up the rest of the
Football League. Relegation was inevitable, and Little successfully
brought them back, as high as the third division. It was success that was
noted by the bigger clubs and in June 1991, Leicester City FC brought
Little in as their manager, immediately turning their fortunes around.
After taking them into the Premier League in 1994, he returned to Aston
Villa FC as their manager in November 1994, keeping them in the
Premier League. He resigned in February 1998 and then appointed manager at
Stoke City AFC in May 1998, but failure to win promotion the following
season was followed by his resignation. In the same summer of 1999, Little
was appointed manager at West Bromwich Albion FC, but was sacked eight
months later in March 2000 after disappointing results. The
following month, Little was appointed manager of Hull City AFC, who were
also enduring financial difficulties. He resigned on 27 February 2002
after leaving the Tiger's in a comfortable play-off position. Little then
became manager of Tranmere Rovers FC on 13 October 2003, and although he
again, turned around his club's fortunes, taking them to the play-offs,
2006 was a relegation battle, and although Little kept them up, he left them
by mutual consent on 5 May 2006. After a year out of the game, Little
became manager at Wrexham AFC on 15 November 2007, as they were bottom of
the Football League, but after failure to bring them out of the
Conference, Little left the Racecourse on 27 September 2008. Then,
on 28 August 2009, Little was appointed manager of Gainsborough Trinity FC
of the Conference North, but despite building on experience, Little
resigned after another relegation battle on 22 August 2011. |
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Club honours |
Football Conference League winners 1989-90;
Football League Division Four winners 1990-91;
Football League Division Two play-off
runners-up 1991-92, 1992-93, 2003-04 (as League One), winners
1993-94; Football League Cup winners 1995-96; |
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Individual honours |
Football League One Manager of the Month April
2004; |
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England Career |
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Player number |
909th
player to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Forward |
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Only match |
No. 492, 21 May 1975, England
2 Wales 2, a British Championship match at Wembley Stadium, London, substitute (73), aged
21 years
177 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship
1974-75; |
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Team honours |
British Championship
winners 1974-75; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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Worked in the Aston Villa club shop
after he retired in 1981. - An
English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990).
Hatton Press, p.158./media intrerview |
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Brian Little - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Starts |
Sub on |
Sub off |
Mins. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
| 3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
17 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
none |
none |
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minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
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Brian Little
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Colour of Shirt - By Type of Match |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
Home
- White |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
| All
-
British Championship |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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Brian Little
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
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British Championship Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC 1974-75 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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BC
All |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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All Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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All |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
Notes
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