Ian Little (born 10 December 1973) is a former
Scottish football player and current manager of
Bo'ness United.
Career
During his playing career, Little represented
Berwick Rangers
Berwick Rangers Football Club is a football team based in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, England, just south of the border with Scotland.
Founded in 1881, they currently play in the , the fifth tier of Scottish football, despite hailing fr ...
,
Livingston,
Stenhousemuir and
Alloa Athletic
Alloa Athletic Football Club is a Scottish association football semi-professional club based in the town of Alloa, Clackmannanshire.
Formed as Alloa in 1880, the football club shortly changed its name to Alloa Association, and then to Alloa Ath ...
.
Little had spells as manager of
Vale of Leithen,
Heriot Watt University
Heriot-Watt University ( gd, Oilthigh Heriot-Watt) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was established in 1821 as the School of Arts of Edinburgh, the world's first mechanics' institute, and subsequently granted univ ...
,
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.
After some good results, Berwick announced in mid-November that Little would stay in charge until 31 December, when matters will be re-assessed.
On 28 December 2011, Berwick Rangers announced that Little would remain as manager until at least the end of the 2011-12 season. On 17 March 2012, Berwick Rangers announced that Little would remain as manager at least until the end of the 2012-13 season. Berwick finished 4th in the
2012–13 Scottish Third Division, but lost to
East Fife in the promotion/relegation play-offs.
Little left Berwick in January 2014, with the club citing its lowly league position as the reason for making a managerial change.
After a spell as manager of
Lowland League club
Whitehill Welfare, Little returned to Berwick in May 2019 as assistant to
John Brownlie
John Brownlie (born 11 March 1952) is a Scottish former football player and coach, currently assistant manager of East Stirlingshire.
Brownlie played as a right back for Pumpherston Juniors, Hibernian, Newcastle United, Middlesbrough, Hartl ...
, before returning to his role as manager a month later.
Berwick parted company with Little on 28 May 2021.
Little was appointed assistant manager of
Bo'ness United in July 2022.
Managerial statistics
Honours
Player
;Stenhousemuir
*
Scottish Challenge Cup 1995–96
;Alloa Athletic
*
Scottish Challenge Cup 1999–2000
References
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1973 births
Alloa Athletic F.C. players
Association football midfielders
Berwick Rangers F.C. managers
Berwick Rangers F.C. players
Living people
Livingston F.C. players
Scottish Football League managers
Scottish Football League players
Scottish football managers
Scottish footballers
Scottish Professional Football League managers
Footballers from Edinburgh
Stenhousemuir F.C. players
Lowland Football League managers