 He spent the next three years in Ireland playing with Sligo Rovers, Cork City, Ballinamallard United and Derry City..Between 2003 and 2005 Elding was capped 6 times by the England C team, to play, Belgium, Holland, Italy, Republic of Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, where he scored twice, once v Holland and Republic of Ireland.Having been a member of Nottingham Forest's Centre of Excellence and enjoying run-outs with the academy teams at Lincoln City and Grimsby Town, Elding joined hometown club Boston United's academy at the end of the 1998–99 season.