harding made his eastleigh debut at left-back in the opening game of the season in a 4–0 win over southport. after his debut harding established himself in the first team and made nineteen appearances until he suffered a calf injury during the 1st round of the fa cup against crewe. after a month on the sidelines harding made his return to the first team in a 1–1 draw against aldershot town. in mid-february harding suffered a hamstring injury during a 3–2 loss to kidderminster harriers. in his first season at eastleigh harding made thirty-one appearance for the club. ahead of the 2016–17 season harding was placed on the transfer list by manager chris todd and on 2 august 2016 it was announced that he had been released by the club.