Ricky Little (born 20 May 1989) is a Scottish

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who plays for Arbroath in the

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Career

Little began his youth career on the books of the

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youth squad and Ardrossan Winton Rovers, and he captained Scotland schoolboys under-18s in season 2006–07. When he moved into the senior game, he featured on the subs bench 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. Little joined up with Queen's Park again on loan for two months in November 2009. Following his release from the Jags in Jan 2010, he rejoined Queen's Park permanently until the end of the season. 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. After spending three years at Queen's Park, in June 2013, Arbroath manager Paul Sheerin signed Little to replace

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who signed for Forfar Athletic. Shortly after joining the club, he suffered an injury in a Scottish Challenge Cup match against Stenhousemuir, which kept him out for six months. On 2 May 2015, Little scored from his own half as Arbroath beat

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5–0. 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

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in 2015–16. He was also part of the squads that won the

2016–17 Scottish League Two The 2016–17 Scottish League Two (known as Ladbrokes League Two for sponsorship reasons) was the 22nd season in the current format of 10 teams in the fourth-tier of Scottish football. The last placed team (Cowdenbeath) entered a play-off with a ...

and

2018–19 Scottish League One The 2018–19 Scottish League One (known as the Ladbrokes League One for sponsorship reasons) was the 24th season in the current format of 10 teams in the third-tier of Scottish football. The fixtures were published on 15 June 2018 and the seaso ...

titles.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

;Arbroath *

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: 2016–17 *

: 2018–19

Individual

* Scottish League One Player of the Month: November 2018 * PFA Scotland Scottish Third Division Team of the Year: 2011–12,

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* PFA Scotland Scottish League Two Team of the Year: 2015–16, 2016–17 * PFA Scotland Scottish League One Team of the Year: 2018–19

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Little, Ricky 1989 births Living people Scottish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Ayr United F.C. players Partick Thistle F.C. players Queen's Park F.C. players Scottish Football League players Scottish Junior Football Association players Ardrossan Winton Rovers F.C. players Arbroath F.C. players Scottish Professional Football League players