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Paul Harding (English Footballer)
Paul John Harding (born 6 March 1964) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played 119 games in the Football League representing Notts County, Southend United, Watford, Birmingham City and Cardiff City. Playing career Harding was born in Mitcham, Surrey. He began his football career as an apprentice with Chelsea, but did not progress to the first team,Matthews, p. 93. and worked as a bricklayer, playing part-time for a number of non-league clubs in the Surrey and south London area before joining Enfield of the Conference National, with whom he won the FA Trophy in 1988. In February 1990 he moved to Conference runners-up Barnet, and in September of the same year he and teammate Dave Regis signed for Notts County, newly promoted to the Football League Second Division.Matthews, p. 93. Harding contributed to their second successive promotion, to the First Division via the play-offs, at the end of his first season with the club. Notts County ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundaries, with mobility and passing ability, they are often referred to as deep-lying midfielders, play-makers, box-to-box midfielders, or holding midfielders. There are also attacking midfielders with limited defensive assignments. The size of midfield units on a team and their assigned roles depend on what formation is used; the unit of these players on the pitch is commonly referred to as the midfield. Its name derives from the fact that midfield units typically make up the in-between units to the defensive units and forward units of a formation. Managers frequently assign one or more midfielders to disrupt the opposing team's attacks, while others may be tasked with creating goals, or have equal responsibilities between attack and defenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |