# Ryan Harding > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ryan_Harding > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ryan_Harding.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Harding > Source revision: 1324454847 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Scottish footballer (born 1984)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}} {{Use British English|date=July 2017}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Ryan Harding | image = | fullname = Ryan Harding | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|4|27|df=y}} | birth_place = [Edinburgh](/source/Edinburgh), Scotland | height = | currentclub = [Civil Service Strollers](/source/Civil_Service_Strollers_F.C.) | position = [Defender](/source/Defender_(association_football)) | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = [Hutchison Vale](/source/Hutchison_Vale) | youthyears2 = 2002–2003 | youthclubs2 = [Hibernian](/source/Hibernian_F.C.) | years1 = 2003–2005 | clubs1 = [Livingston](/source/Livingston_F.C.) | caps1 = 3 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2005–2009 | clubs2 = [Greenock Morton](/source/Greenock_Morton_F.C.) | caps2 = 124 | goals2 = 5 | years3 = 2009–2010 | clubs3 = [East Stirlingshire](/source/East_Stirlingshire_F.C.) | caps3 = 22 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2010–2011 | clubs4 = [Birkirkara](/source/Birkirkara_F.C.) | caps4 = 8 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2011–2013 | clubs5 = [Alloa Athletic](/source/Alloa_Athletic_F.C.) | caps5 = 35 | goals5 = 1 | years6 = 2012 | clubs6 = → [Peterhead](/source/Peterhead_F.C.) (loan) | caps6 = 3 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2013– | clubs7= [Civil Service Strollers](/source/Civil_Service_Strollers_F.C.) | caps7 = 0 | goals7 = 0 | club-update = 21:55, 9 August 2013 (UTC) }} '''Ryan Harding''' (born 27 April 1984 in [Edinburgh](/source/Edinburgh)) is a Scottish semi-professional [footballer](/source/Association_football) who plays for [Civil Service Strollers](/source/Civil_Service_Strollers_F.C.) as a [defender](/source/Defender_(association_football)). Over the course of his career he played for [Livingston](/source/Livingston_F.C.), [Greenock Morton](/source/Greenock_Morton_F.C.) and [East Stirlingshire](/source/East_Stirlingshire_F.C.) before leaving for [Malta](/source/Malta). On his return he played for [Alloa](/source/Alloa_Athletic_F.C.) and [Peterhead](/source/Peterhead_F.C.), before joining Civil Service Strollers in 2013. ==Playing career== Harding began his senior career with [Scottish Premier League](/source/Scottish_Premier_League) club [Hibernian](/source/Hibernian_F.C.). From there he moved into another SPL side, [Livingston](/source/Livingston_F.C.). Ryan made just three league appearances and one other appearance in the [C.I.S. Insurance Cup](/source/Scottish_League_Cup) for Livingston. This appearance was against his future club [Greenock Morton](/source/Greenock_Morton_F.C.). During a match played in terrible weather conditions at [Almondvale Stadium](/source/Almondvale_Stadium), he scored a diving header in to his own net that was strangely ruled out for offside. Ryan signed on at [Cappielow](/source/Cappielow) towards the end of the [2004–05 season](/source/2004%E2%80%9305_in_Scottish_football) on a short-term deal. He signed a longer deal at the start of the next season and continued to play for the club. He plays in the [centre back](/source/centre_back) position and formed partnership with fellow centre back [Stewart Greacen](/source/Stewart_Greacen), although was sidelined by the arrival of [Dominic Shimmin](/source/Dominic_Shimmin) for season [2007–08](/source/2007%E2%80%9308_in_Scottish_football). Harding suffered a serious injury in October 2008, and missed the rest of the season due to it. He was released in November 2009.{{cite news|url=http://www.gmfc.net/News/&action=fullnews&id=277|title=Alan Reid Signs|publisher=gmfc.net|date=27 November 2009|accessdate=27 November 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091130185930/http://www.gmfc.net/News/%26action%3Dfullnews%26id%3D277|archivedate=30 November 2009|df=dmy-all}} Harding signed for [East Stirlingshire](/source/East_Stirlingshire_F.C.) on amateur forms on 3 December 2009{{cite news|url=http://www.eaststirlingshirefc.co.uk/news_articles/041209harding.htm|title=HARDING SIGNS FOR SHIRE|publisher=eaststirlingshirefc.co.uk|accessdate=4 December 2009|url-status=usurped|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100730230814/http://www.eaststirlingshirefc.co.uk/news_articles/041209harding.htm|archivedate=30 July 2010|df=dmy-all}} but was released at the end of the season. Harding left Scotland to sign for [Maltese](/source/Malta) side [Birkirkara](/source/Birkirkara_F.C.) on 31 August 2010, making his début against [Sliema Wanderers](/source/Sliema_Wanderers_F.C.) on 13 September 2010,{{cite news|url=http://www.birkirkarafc.com/player.php?id=2|title=Ryan Harding's profile|publisher=Birkirkara FC|accessdate=25 March 2011}} but retired through injury early in 2011. Despite this, he returned to Scotland to sign for [Alloa Athletic](/source/Alloa_Athletic_F.C.) in June 2011.{{cite news|url=http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/alloa-add-three-more/|title=Alloa add three more|publisher=[Scottish Football League](/source/Scottish_Football_League)|date=24 June 2011|accessdate=25 June 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628232456/http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/alloa-add-three-more|archivedate=28 June 2011|df=dmy-all}} In September 2012, Harding went on loan to [Peterhead](/source/Peterhead_F.C.) to cover their defensive injury crisis. It was the third time he had played under [Jim McIntyre](/source/Jim_McIntyre_(footballer)).{{cite news|url=http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/mcinally-signs-defender-for-third-time/|title=McInally signs defender for third time|publisher=Scottish Football League|date=20 September 2012|accessdate=20 September 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121101140730/http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/mcinally-signs-defender-for-third-time/|archivedate=1 November 2012|df=dmy-all}} He left Alloa in 2013 and signed with [Civil Service Strollers](/source/Civil_Service_Strollers_F.C.). ==Honours== ;Greenock Morton * '''[Scottish Football League Second Division](/source/Scottish_Football_League_Second_Division): 1''' :: [2006–07](/source/2006%E2%80%9307_in_Scottish_football) ;Alloa Athletic * '''[Scottish Football League Third Division](/source/Scottish_Football_League_Third_Division): 1''' :: [2011–12](/source/2011%E2%80%9312_in_Scottish_football) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{Soccerbase}} {{2011–12 PFA Scotland Third Division Team of the Year}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Harding, Ryan}} Category:1984 births Category:Scottish men's footballers Category:Scottish expatriate men's footballers Category:Footballers from Edinburgh Category:Living people Category:Greenock Morton F.C. players Category:Hibernian F.C. players Category:Livingston F.C. players Category:Scottish Premier League players Category:Scottish Football League players Category:Men's association football defenders Category:East Stirlingshire F.C. players Category:Birkirkara F.C. players Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Malta Category:Alloa Athletic F.C. players Category:Peterhead F.C. players Category:Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale F.C. players Category:People educated at Forrester High School Category:Civil Service Strollers F.C. players Category:21st-century Scottish sportsmen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ryan Harding](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Harding) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Harding?action=history)). 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