Ryan Harding (born 27 April 1984 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish semi-professional footballer who plays for Civil Service Strollers as a defender.
Over the course of his career he played for Livingston, Greenock Morton and East Stirlingshire before leaving for Malta.
During a match played in terrible weather conditions at Almondvale Stadium, he scored a diving header in to his own net that was strangely ruled out for offside.
[1] Harding signed for East Stirlingshire on amateur forms on 3 December 2009[2] 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,[3] but retired through injury early in 2011.