Alan Harding
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1948|5|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = Sunderland, England
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| position = Striker / left winger
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| years1 = – | clubs1 = Spennymoor United | caps1 = | goals1 =
| years2 = 1969–1973 | clubs2 = Darlington | caps2 = 129 | goals2 = 37
| years3 = 1973–1979 | clubs3 = Lincoln City | caps3 = 209 | goals3 = 38
| years4 = 1979–1983 | clubs4 = Hartlepool United | caps4 = 84 | goals4 = 8
| years5 = – | clubs5 = Newcastle Blue Star | caps5 = | goals5 =
| years6 = – | clubs6 = Ryhope Colliery Welfare | caps6 = | goals6 =
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Alan Harding (born 14 May 1948) is an English former professional footballer who scored 83 goals from 422 appearances in the Football League playing for Darlington, Lincoln City and Hartlepool United. He played as a striker or on the left wing.{{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}}
Life and career
Harding was born in Sunderland, which was then in County Durham.{{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. He played non-league football for Spennymoor United before joining Darlington in 1969. He scored 37 goals from 129 league appearances over four years for Darlington, then joined Lincoln City in March 1973 for £7,000 plus midfielder Frank McMahon. He spent six years with Lincoln, and was part of the team that won the Fourth Division title in 1975–76. In 1979, he signed for Hartlepool United for £4,000, and spent four years with the club{{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 }} before moving into non-league football in his native north-east of England with Newcastle Blue Star and Ryhope Colliery Welfare.
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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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