Steve Harding
Personal information
Full name Stephen John Harding[1]
Date of birth (1956-07-23) 23 July 1956
Place of birth Bristol, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2]
Position(s) Central defender
Youth career
0000–1974 Bristol City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974–1977 Bristol City 2 (0)
1976Southend United (loan) 2 (0)
1976Grimsby Town (loan) 8 (0)
1977–1980 Bristol Rovers 38 (1)
1980Brentford (loan) 4 (0)
1980–1981 Bath City 2 (0)
1981–1982 Trowbridge Town 49 (2)
1982– Gloucester City
Paulton Rovers
0000–1985 Mangotsfield United
1985–1987 Trowbridge Town
International career
England Youth
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stephen John Harding (born 23 July 1956) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a central defender in the Football League for hometown clubs Bristol Rovers and Bristol City.[2][3] He also played League football for Grimsby Town, Brentford and Southend United.[1][4] He went on to play non-League football for Bath City, Trowbridge Town, Gloucester City and Mangotsfield United.[5][6]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Southend United (loan) 1975–76[7] Third Division 2 0 2 0
Bristol Rovers 1977–78[8] Second Division 7 1 0 0 0 0 2[lower-alpha 1] 0 9 1
1978–79[8] 11 0 3 0 0 0 2[lower-alpha 1] 0 16 0
1979–80[8] 20 0 0 0 2 0 22 0
Total 38 1 3 0 2 0 4 0 43 1
Brentford (loan) 1979–80[9] Third Division 4 0 4 0
Career total 6 0 3 0 2 0 4 0 49 1
  1. 1 2 Appearances in Anglo-Scottish Cup

References

  1. 1 2 "Steve Harding". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  2. 1 2 Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 72. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  3. "G and H". The Bristol Rovers History Group. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  4. Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2011). The Big Brentford Book of the Seventies. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. p. 293. ISBN 978-1906796709.
  5. Steve Harding at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
  6. "Steve Harding". Tiger Roar. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  7. "Player Profile". SUFCdb. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  8. 1 2 3 "Rovers results, appearances and goalscorers 1899 to 2022". The Bristol Rovers History Group. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  9. White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 395. ISBN 0951526200.


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