Glen Little

Glen Little

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Career

Crystal Palace and Northern Ireland

Little made his Derry City debut on 20 November 1994 on loan from Palace. While at Irish League club Glentoran, Little scored a memorable goal to win the 1995–96 Irish Cup. At Glentoran Glen is regarded as one of the finest players to wear the Glentoran shirt.

Burnley

Little moved from Glentoran to Burnley in November 1996 for a £100,000 fee. After Stan Ternent's arrival at Turf Moor in summer 1998, he became a fixture in the right-wing slot, linking up especially well with full-back Dean West. In Burnley's 1999–2000 Second Division promotion season, Little scored a memorable goal at home to Bristol Rovers. He also helped Burnley beat Tottenham Hotspur in the League Cup in 2002 after a game-turning performance when brought on as a substitute. Little attracted attention during this time, and his club was reported to have turned down big money offers for his signature. In early 2003, Little joined Reading on loan. In September 2003 he moved to Premier League club Bolton Wanderers on loan in a deal which involved Delroy Facey and Gareth Farrelly moving to Burnley. Little made his Premiership debut for the Trotters against Wolverhampton Wanderers and set up the equalising goal for Kevin Davies but his time with Sam Allardyce's team was brief.

Reading

After eight years at Burnley, Little left on a Bosman transfer to sign for Reading in the summer of 2004. Little's talents were widely regarded as one of the main…

Managerial career

On 8 October 2018, Little was appointed joint-manager of Wingate & Finchley, along with Nicky Shorey. On 29 October Shorey resigned, leaving Little in sole charge. Despite leading the club to their best ever performance in the FA Trophy, Little was sacked in January 2019 due to their lowly league position.

Club
Burnley F.C. (1997–2004)
Club
Bolton Wanderers F.C. (2003–2003)
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Reading F.C. (2003–2003)
Club
Portsmouth F.C. (2008–2009)
Club
Glentoran F.C. (1995–1997)
Club
Wrexham A.F.C. (2011–2013)
Club
Aldershot Town F.C. (2010–2011)
Club
Derry City F.C. (1994–1995)
Club
Sheffield United F.C. (2009–2010)
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Crystal Palace F.C. (1994–1996)
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Reading F.C. (2004–2008)
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Reading F.C. (2009–2009)
Club
Wealdstone F.C. (2013–2014)
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Heybridge Swifts F.C. (2014–2014)
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Grays Athletic F.C. (2014–2014)
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Welling United F.C. (2015–2015)
Club
Grays Athletic F.C. (2015–)
League
Premier League

Legacy

Honours

Glentoran Irish Cup: 1995–96 Burnley Football League Second Division second-place promotion: 1999–2000 Reading Football League Championship: 2005–06 Wrexham FA Trophy: 2012–13 Individual

PFA Team of the Year: 1999–2000 Second Division

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Identifiers & aliases
Description

British footballer (born 1975)

Position

wing half

Extract from Wikipedia

Glen Matthew Little is an English former footballer who played as a winger. Born in Wimbledon, London, he began his career in Northern Ireland with Derry City and Glentoran, before returning to England to play for Burnley, Reading, Bolton Wanderers, Portsmouth, Sheffield United and Aldershot Town. He finished his career in non-league football with Wrexham, Wealdstone, Grays Athletic and Heybridge Swifts.

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