Peter Lim eyes bigger things with newly promoted Salford City football club

Singapore billionaire Peter Lim, with one of his Salford City co-owners and former Manchester United star David Beckham, is already plotting the League Two club's next three promotions to the Premier League. PHOTO: REUTERS
Singapore billionaire Peter Lim, with one of his Salford City co-owners and former Manchester United star David Beckham, is already plotting the League Two club's next three promotions to the Premier League. PHOTO: REUTERS
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    May 13, 2019, 5:00 am SGT
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It is one thing to take over and succeed with a football club with strong foundations already in place. It is another to build a non-league team from scratch and achieve the improbable.

This is exactly what Singaporean billionaire Peter Lim has done with Salford City, which he co-owns with Manchester United's Class of '92, as the English club earned promotion to the National Football League after beating AFC Fylde 3-0 in the National League play-off final at Wembley on Saturday.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on May 13, 2019, with the headline 'Lim eyes bigger things with Salford'. Print Edition | Subscribe
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