David Harding (born 14 August 1946)[2] is an Australian former football (soccer) midfielder. He played for Wrexham from 1965 to 1966, New Brighton in the Cheshire League 1967-68 and then South Liverpool in the Northern Premier League,[3] before moving to Australia where he played for Pan Hellenic, Western Suburbs, Blacktown City and APIA until 1981. In this time he won NSW representative honours in 1974 against Bristol Rovers.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Harding[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 14 August 1946 | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1965–1966 | Wrexham | 10 | (0) |
| 1968 | Pan Hellenic | ? | (?) |
| 1977 | Western Suburbs | ? | (?) |
| 1980 | Blacktown City | ? | (?) |
| 1980–1981 | A.P.I.A. Leichhardt | 11 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1974–1977 | Australia | 45 | (11) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 June 2007 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 June 2007 | |||
Harding was a member of the Australian 1974 World Cup squad in West Germany and represented Australia 45 times between 1974 and 1977 scoring 11 times.
More recently he has played for non-league Hatfield Lions in the WELAFA Premier league before moving to Division One side London Fields FC where he continues his impressive scoring record.
References
edit- ^ "Dave Harding". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ Planet World Cup – 1974 – Squads – Australia
- ^ Jawad, Hyder (2013), Rest In Pieces: South Liverpool FC 1894-1994, p456
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