Harvey Lim

{{Infobox football biography

| image =

| name = Harvey Lim

| fullname = Harvey Choun Lim{{Hugman|11724|accessdate=13 May 2020}}

| height = {{height|ft=6|in=0}}{{cite book |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88 |editor-first=Peter |editor-last=Dunk |publisher=Queen Anne Press |location=London |date=1987 |page=[https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00lond/page/262 262] |isbn=978-0-356-14354-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00lond/page/262}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1967|8|30}}

| birth_place = Halesworth, England

| position = Goalkeeper

| years1 = 1985–1988

| clubs1 = Norwich City

| caps1 = 0

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1986

| clubs2 = → Plymouth Argyle (loan)

| caps2 = 0

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1988–1989

| clubs3 = Kettering Town

| caps3 = 9

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1989

| clubs4 = Friska Viljor

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| goals4 =

| years5 = 1989–1993

| clubs5 = Gillingham

| caps5 = 90

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 1993

| clubs6 = → Kettering Town (loan)

| caps6 = 6

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 1993–1995

| clubs7 = Sing Tao

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| goals7 =

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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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ex-canaries.co.uk/players/lim.htm|title = Flown from the Nest - Harvey Lim}} 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.{{Cite news |date=28 November 1989 |title=Keeper Lim's debut chance |pages=64 |work=Chatham Standard |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/819603197/?terms=%22harvey%20lim%22sweden&match=1 |access-date=4 January 2023}} 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.{{Cite news |last=Morgan |first=Lance |date=14 May 1993 |title=Who's in for Gills' chop? |pages=68 |work=Chatham News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/853026768/?terms=%22harvey%20lim%22&match=1 |access-date=4 January 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}

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.{{Cite web |last=Alladin |first=Unus |date=1993-11-15 |title=Reliable Lim inspires Sing Tao |url=https://www.scmp.com/article/51757/reliable-lim-inspires-sing-tao |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Walker |first=Jeremy |date=1993-09-12 |title=Lim seeks his roots in killing fields and HK |url=https://www.scmp.com/article/43742/lim-seeks-his-roots-killing-fields-and-hk |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}} A serious neck injury sustained while playing in Hong Kong forced Lim to retire from football at just 27 years old.{{Cite news |last=Bradley |first=Andy |date=3 March 1995 |title=Gills' news briefly |pages=55 |work=Medway News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/879314784/?terms=%22harvey%20lim%22&match=1 |access-date=4 January 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}

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.{{cite book | first=Roger|last= Triggs | title=The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club| publisher=Tempus Publishing Ltd | year=2001| isbn=0-7524-2243-X|page=199}}