Career
Born in Chelmsford, Pollard began his career with Witham Town before signing to Colchester United"s youth team Pollard made 9 Football League appearances for the U"s between his debut and the club"s relegation from the Fourth Division in 1990, failing to play any Conference games for the club He made his final appearance in a Conference League Cup 2–0 defeat to Sutton United on 26 February 1991 at the Borough Sports Ground.
Following this, he was sent out on loan alongside teammate Steve Restarick to Fisher Athletic in March 1991.
Colchester released Pollard in the summer of 1991, as he went on to play for a number of non-league clubs including Bury Town and Heybridge Swifts, where in two spells he became the club"s record appearance holder with over 550starts. He separated his spells at Heybridge with a two-year stint at Street Albans City, making 93 appearances and scoring nine times, later playing for AFC Sudbury between 2005 and 2007 and briefly Tiptree United before a move to Halstead Town in the summer of 2007.
While with Halstead, he became player-assistant manager.