Brian Little (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 25 November 1953 | ||
| Place of birth | Newcastle upon Tyne, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1970–1980 | Aston Villa | 247 | (60) |
| National team | |||
| 1975 | England | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1986 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||
| 1989–1991 | Darlington | ||
| 1991–1994 | Leicester City | ||
| 1994–1998 | Aston Villa | ||
| 1998–1999 | Stoke City | ||
| 1999–2000 | West Bromwich Albion | ||
| 2000–2002 | Hull City | ||
| 2003–2006 | Tranmere Rovers | ||
| 2007–2008 | Wrexham | ||
| 2009–2011 | Gainsborough Trinity | ||
| 2016 | Jersey | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Brian Little (born 25 November 1953) is an English football manager and former player.
Little has previously managed Darlington, Leicester City, Aston Villa, Stoke City, West Bromwich Albion, Hull City, Tranmere Rovers, Wrexham, and Jersey. As a player, he was a versatile forward who spent his entire playing career at Aston Villa. He made one appearance at International level for England as a substitute against Wales in 1975.
On leaving school in 1970, Little signed for Aston Villa who had just been relegated to the Third Division for the first and only time in their history. He made his senior debut on 30 October 1971, in a 4–1 win over Blackburn Rovers in the Third Division at Villa Park. By 1973–74, with Villa in the Second Division, he was a regular first team player. He progressed through the youth ranks, winning an FA Youth Cup winners' medal along the way. He made 247 appearances for the club and scored 60 goals, and made one full international appearance for England in 1975.
He was part of Villa's League Cup winning teams of 1975 and 1977, scoring two goals in the second replay victory over Everton in the latter final, as well as helping the club climb from the Third to First Division in the early part of the decade, scoring 20 league goals in the 1974–75 season when they were runners-up and clinched promotion to the First Division. His playing career came to a halt in 1980 when he retired at the age of 26 due to a knee injury.
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