Name: Little, Brian Birthdate: 1953-11-25 in Peterlee, County Durham Position: Forward Playing for Villa: July 1969 (as an apprentice) - May 1981 Previous clubs: County Durham Schools, East Durham Boys, East Durham Senior Schools, Durham County Youths, trialist with Burnley, Leeds, Manchester City, Newcastle, Stoke, Sunderland and West Bromwich Albion Signed: Sold: Retired through injury League: 242 (5) matches - 60 goals FA Cup: 15 (1) matches - 4 goals League Cup: 29 (1) matches - 15 goals European Cups: 9 matches - 3 goals International: England A (1975, 1 - 0 goals), Youth More info: Trial with Villa before he signed as an apprentice. He signed professional 5 March 1971. Won the FA Youth Cup with Villa in 1972. Scored two goals in the final. He was coach at Villa Park 1985 - 86. Aston Villa's Manager November 1994 - February 1998. Brother of Alan Little. He played in some youth team matches in 1982/83, 1983/84, 1984/85 and 1985/86 when he was coach.

Season 1969-70 1970-71 1971-72 1972-73 1973-74 1974-75 1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 1980-81 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86

First team 0 0 1 (1) - 1 goal 18 (2) - 3 goals 38 (2) - 8 goals 42 (2) - 24 goals 23 - 1 goal 56 - 26 goals 52 - 11 goals 28 - 2 goals 37 - 6 goals 0 0 0 0 0

Reserves - 15 - 4 goals - - - - 7 - 0 goals 0 0 5 - 3 goals 3 - 0 goals 15 - 8 goals 0 0 0 0

Youth 26 - 3 goals 38 - 13 goals - - - - - 0 - - - - 0 (1) - 0 goals 0 (2) - 0 goals 2 (2) - 2 goals 2 (1) - 1 goal

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