Harvey Lim

Harvey Lim
Personal information
Full name Harvey Choun Lim
Date of birth (1967-08-30) 30 August 1967 (age 59)
Place of birth Halesworth, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1988 Norwich City 0 (0)
1986 → Plymouth Argyle (loan) 0 (0)
1988–1989 Kettering Town 9 (0)
1989 Friska Viljor
1989–1993 Gillingham 90 (0)
1993 → Kettering Town (loan) 6 (0)
1993–1995 Sing Tao
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Harvey Choun Lim (born 30 August 1967) is an English former professional footballer.

Playing career

A goalkeeper, he was a youth player with Norwich City, but never played for the first team. After spells at Plymouth Argyle (on loan), Kettering Town and Friska Viljor in Sweden, Lim signed for Gillingham in November 1989 as cover for Ron Hillyard. He would go on to be named Player of the Year for 1990–91 and make over 100 first team appearances for the Kent side. After a loan spell at his old side Kettering Town in the Conference, Gillingham released Lim in May 1993.

Lim then signed for Sing Tao of the Hong Kong First Division, in a move facilitated by Mike Trusson, who had made the move from Gillingham to Sing Tao in 1991. A serious neck injury sustained while playing in Hong Kong forced Lim to retire from football at just 27 years old.

Lim held aspirations to play international football for China on the basis of his Fujian-born father, but was informed that he was not eligible upon moving to Hong Kong.

Personal life

He subsequently moved to Whistler, British Columbia and opened an art gallery and picture framing studio.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Harvey Lim". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  2. ↑ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 262. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. ↑ "Flown from the Nest - Harvey Lim".
  4. ↑ "Keeper Lim's debut chance". Chatham Standard. 28 November 1989. p. 64. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  5. 1 2 Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. p. 199. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.
  6. ↑ Morgan, Lance (14 May 1993). "Who's in for Gills' chop?". Chatham News. p. 68. Retrieved 4 January 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Alladin, Unus (15 November 1993). "Reliable Lim inspires Sing Tao". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  8. 1 2 Walker, Jeremy (12 September 1993). "Lim seeks his roots in killing fields and HK". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  9. ↑ Bradley, Andy (3 March 1995). "Gills' news briefly". Medway News. p. 55. Retrieved 4 January 2023 – via Newspapers.com.