# Alan Harding

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{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name        = Alan Harding
| image       = 
| caption     = 
| fullname    = Alan Harding<ref name=LCFCarchive/>
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1948|5|14|df=y}}<ref name=LCFCarchive/>
| birth_place = [Sunderland](/source/Sunderland%2C_Tyne_and_Wear), England
| height      = 5 ft 9 in<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball0000unse_x5p3/ |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook: 1976–77 |date=1976 |publisher=Queen Anne Press |isbn=978-0-362-00259-1 |editor-last=Vernon |editor-first=Leslie |location=London |pages=230 |editor-last2=Rollin |editor-first2=Jack}}</ref>
| position    = [Striker](/source/Forward_(association_football)) / [left winger](/source/Midfielder)
| youthyears1 = – | youthclubs1 = 
| years1      = –         | clubs1 = [Spennymoor United](/source/Spennymoor_United_F.C.)             | caps1 =     | goals1 = 
| years2      = 1969–1973 | clubs2 = [Darlington](/source/Darlington_F.C.)                           | caps2 = 129 | goals2 = 37
| years3      = 1973–1979 | clubs3 = [Lincoln City](/source/Lincoln_City_F.C.)                       | caps3 = 209 | goals3 = 38
| years4      = 1979–1983 | clubs4 = [Hartlepool United](/source/Hartlepool_United_F.C.)             | caps4 = 84  | goals4 = 8
| years5      = –         | clubs5 = [Newcastle Blue Star](/source/Newcastle_Blue_Star_F.C.)         | caps5 =     | goals5 = 
| years6      = –         | clubs6 = [Ryhope Colliery Welfare](/source/Ryhope_Colliery_Welfare_F.C.) | caps6 =     | goals6 = 
| totalcaps   = | totalgoals = 
}}
'''Alan Harding''' (born 14 May 1948) is an English former professional [footballer](/source/association_football) who scored 83 goals from 422 appearances in [the Football League](/source/the_Football_League) playing for [Darlington](/source/Darlington_F.C.), [Lincoln City](/source/Lincoln_City_F.C.) and [Hartlepool United](/source/Hartlepool_United_F.C.). He played as a [striker](/source/Forward_(association_football)) or [on the left wing](/source/Midfielder).<ref name=NB>{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player4/alanharding.html |title=Alan Harding |work=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=15 May 2013}}</ref>

==Life and career==
Harding was born in [Sunderland](/source/Sunderland%2C_Tyne_and_Wear), which was then in [County Durham](/source/County_Durham).<ref name=LCFCarchive>{{cite web |url=http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=hard03 |title=Alan Harding |work=The Lincoln City FC Archive |publisher=Lincoln City F.C |accessdate=15 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225901/http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=hard03 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} Season details are sourced via the Season Stats dropdown menu at the bottom right of this page. The site is partly subscription-based, but only free-access sections are used for reference. If pop-up login dialogue boxes appear, press the "Cancel" button to proceed.</ref> He played [non-league football](/source/non-league_football) for [Spennymoor United](/source/Spennymoor_United_F.C.) before joining [Darlington](/source/Darlington_F.C.) in 1969. He scored 37 goals from 129 league appearances over four years for Darlington,<ref name=NB/> then joined [Lincoln City](/source/Lincoln_City_F.C.) in March 1973 for £7,000 plus midfielder [Frank McMahon](/source/Frank_McMahon_(footballer)). He spent six years with Lincoln, and was part of the team that won the [Fourth Division](/source/Football_League_Fourth_Division) title in [1975–76](/source/1975%E2%80%9376_Football_League). In 1979, he signed for [Hartlepool United](/source/Hartlepool_United) for £4,000,<ref name=LCFCarchive/> and spent four years with the club<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.poolstats.co.uk/players/0627.htm |title=Alan Harding |publisher=Pool Stats |accessdate=15 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052105/http://www.poolstats.co.uk/players/0627.htm |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> before moving into [non-league football](/source/non-league_football) in his native north-east of England with [Newcastle Blue Star](/source/Newcastle_Blue_Star_F.C.) and [Ryhope Colliery Welfare](/source/Ryhope_Colliery_Welfare_F.C.).<ref name=NB/>

==References==
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Category:1948 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Sunderland
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Spennymoor United A.F.C. players
Category:Darlington F.C. players
Category:Lincoln City F.C. players
Category:Hartlepool United F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:Newcastle Blue Star F.C. players
Category:Ryhope Colliery Welfare F.C. players

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