Career
Over the course of his career he played for Livingston, and East Stirlingshire before leaving for Malta. On his return he played for Alloa and Peterhead, before joining Civil Service Strollers in 2013. Harding began his senior career with Scottish Premier League club Hibernian.
From there he moved into another SPL side, Livingston.
Ryan made just three league appearances and one other appearance in the Commercial Insurance Services Insurance Cup for Livingston. This appearance was against his future club
During a match played in terrible weather conditions at Almondvale Stadium, he scored a diving header in to his own Netto that was strangely ruled out for offside. Ryan signed on at Cappielow towards the end of the 2004-2005 season on a short-term deal.
He signed a longer deal at the start of the next season and continued to play for the club
Harding suffered a serious injury in October 2008, and missed the rest of the season due to lieutenant He was released in November 2009. Harding signed for East Stirlingshire on amateur forms on 3 December 2009 but was released at the end of the season.
Harding left Scotland to sign for Maltese side Birkirkara on 31 August 2010, making his début against Sliema Wanderers on 13 September 2010, but retired through injury early in 2011.
Despite this, he returned to Scotland to sign for in June 2011. In September 2012, Harding went on loan to Peterhead to cover their defensive injury crisis.
lieutenant was the third time he had played under Jim McIntyre. He left Alloa in 2013 and signed with Civil Service Strollers.
