Nuneaton Town were beaten in the Birmingham Senior Cup Final by Birmingham City at St Andrews.
In Liam Daish's last game in charge, Nuneaton were a goal down after twelve minutes from Harding.
Birmingham went further ahead in the 28th minute thanks to Matt Green heading home.
Nuneaton pulled a goal back through Nottingham Forest loanee Josh Rees and although they battled, they went down to a 2-1 defeat.