Mark Little (footballer)

Mark Little

Personal information
Full name	Mark Daniel Little
Date of birth	20 August 1988 (1988-08-20) (age 23)
Place of birth	Worcester, England
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	Right Back
Club information
Current club	Peterborough United
Number	2
Youth career
2004–2005	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2005–2010	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	(0)
2008	→ Northampton Town (loan)	17	(0)
2008	→ Northampton Town (loan)	9	(0)
2009–2010	→ Chesterfield (loan)	12	(0)
2010	→ Peterborough United (loan)	9	(0)
2010–	Peterborough United	48	(1)
National team
2006–2007	England U19	6	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:04, 22 October 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Mark Daniel Little (born 20 August 1988) is an English football defender who plays for Championship side Peterborough United.

Career

Born in Worcester, Little began his career as a youth player in Wolves' Academy and played a major role in the side who made it to the last four of the FA Youth Cup in 2005. He signed a three-year professional contract in August 2005 and had become a regular in the reserve side by the end of the 2005–06 season, and featured as an unused substitute for the first team throughout April 2006.

He made his first team debut in the League Cup at Chesterfield on 23 August 2006.^[1] This was followed by his league debut off the bench (on the opposite flank at left-back) at Leeds United on 10 September 2006.^[2]

Little went on to feature regularly throughout the season but didn't manage to continue this in the 2007–08 campaign. He was sent out on loan to League One side Northampton Town for a month in January 2008,^[3] later extended to three months.^[4] After beginning the following season with his parent club, but without breaking into the first team, he again returned to Sixfields on loan until the end of October.^[5] In late 2009, Little went out on loan again, this time for two months at League Two side Chesterfield.^[6]

In March 2010 Little joined Championship strugglers Peterborough United on loan for the remainder of the season.^[7] After he was not offered a new contract at Wolves,^[8] Little signed for Peterborough in a three-year deal on 25 May 2010.^[9]

Trivia

During the 2010–11 season, football entertainment show Soccer AM did regular comedy sketches with Little and Eddie Large as the newly reformed Little and Large.^[10]

Honours

• 2010–11: League One Play Off Winner (promotion to The Championship) – Peterborough United

References

1. ^ "Chesterfield 0–0 Wolves". BBC Sport. 2006-08-23. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/5266304.stm. 
2. ^ "Leeds 0–1 Wolves". BBC Sport. 2006-09-10. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/5308264.stm. 
3. ^ "Northampton sign Wolves defender". BBC Sport. 2008-01-10. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/northampton_town/7181175.stm. 
4. ^ "Wolves defender stays at Cobblers". BBC Sport. 2008-02-11. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/northampton_town/7232655.stm. 
5. ^ "Little leaves Wolves for Cobblers". BBC Sport. 2008-08-22. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/northampton_town/7574561.stm. 
6. ^ "Chesterfield sign Wolves defender". BBC Sport. 2009-10-05. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chesterfield/8291254.stm. 
7. ^ "Peterborough United loan Wolves defender Mark Little". BBC Sport. 2010-03-02. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/peterborough_united/8545593.stm. 
8. ^ "Wolverhampton Wanderers release trio of squad players". BBC Sport. 2010-05-14. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wolverhampton_wanderers/8683203.stm. 
9. ^ "Wolves defender Mark Little makes Peterborough switch". BBC Sport. 2010-05-25. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/peterborough_united/8702706.stm. 
10. ^ http://www.socceram.com/story/0,21644,13871_6310041,00.html

External links

• Mark Little career stats at Soccerbase

Persondata
Name	Little, Mark
Alternative names	Little, Daniel Mark
Short description	Professional footballer
Date of birth	1988-8-20
Place of birth	Worcester, England
Date of death
Place of death