Raiders IHC

The Raiders are an ice hockey team based in Romford, participating in the National Division of the National Ice Hockey League (NIHL), the second tier of British ice hockey.
They were known as the Romford Raiders when they were based at the Romford Ice Arena in the London Borough of Havering. They were founder members of the English Premier Ice Hockey League but have competed in the NIHL since 2012. Their development team was the Romford Spitfires, which played in Division 2 of the NIHL before being succeeded in 2009/10 by the Romford Fury.
The team moved to Leyton, East London, in 2013, when it adopted the new name London Raiders. Its team colours are white, gold and blue, and fans of the team are known as the Gold and Blue Army. The team returned to Romford in 2018, keeping the London Raiders name.
==History==
The club was founded in 1987 under the name Romford Raiders and coached by Gord Jeffrey, who went on to become a hero amongst the Romford fans.
Some of the best-known players to play for the Raiders include Rob Stewart, Dave Whistle and Mike Ellis, all of whom went on to play and coach at the highest levels in the UK.
The Raiders' first ever match was played on Sunday 13 September 1987, against the Oxford City Stars. Romford's first captain, Erskine Douglas, also scored the Raiders' first ever goal.
On 28 November 2010, during an English National League game against the Bracknell Hornets, Danny Marshall scored his 1,232nd point as a Raider when he assisted on a short-handed goal by Frankie Harvey. With that point, Marshall became the club's all-time leading scorer, surpassing Gord Jeffrey's long-standing record.
In 2013, the Romford Ice Arena was sold by Havering Council to investors. The team subsequently had to move to Lee Valley Ice Centre and became the London Raiders.
On February 3, 2018, the Raiders' played their first game at their new home back in Romford, the Sapphire Ice and Leisure Centre. London would come back to win 5–2 against the Cardiff Fire in front of a sell-out crowd. Former Romford Junior Olegs Lascenko scored the team's first ever goal at the new venue, however, it was Cardiff's Jackson Price who scored the first goal overall.
==Honours==
* 1987/1988: Heineken League Division 2 Champions; promoted to Division 1.
* 1989/1990: Heineken League Division 2 runners-up; promoted back to Division 1 after play-offs.
* 1990/1991: Fourth in Division 1; narrowly missed on promotion to the Premier League.
* 1991/1992: Reached play-offs.
* 1996/1997: English League (Southern Conference) Champions.
* 2000/2001: English Premier League play-off Champions.
* 2001/2002: English Premier League Cup Winners.
* 2004/2005: English Premier League Cup Winners; reached play-off finals.
* 2011/2012: English national league south division 1 Winners.
* 2011/2012: South East trophy Winners.
* 2011/2012: English national league south division 1 Playoff finalists.
==Season Records==
The following list details the Raiders' finishes in the league, and notes any playoff success.
=== League ===
SEASON 	LEAGUE 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	RANK 	POSTSEASON
1987 - 1988	Heineken League Division 2 	26	25 	1	0 	-	-	379	213	51	Champion	Promoted
1988 - 1989	Heineken League Division 1 	24	6 	2	16	-	-	145	201	14	11 	Relegated
1989 - 1990	Heineken League Division 2 	24	17 	1	6 	-	-	217	152	35	2 	Promoted
1990 - 1991	Division 1 	40	23 	2	15	-	-	293	245	48	4 	Qualification loss
1991 - 1992	Division 1 	36	15 	5	16	-	-	262	256	35	6 	Qualification
1992 - 1993	Division 1 	32	12 	4	16	-	-	221	239	28	5 	-
1993 - 1994	Division 1 South 	44	27 	5	12	-	-	328	235	59	2 	
1994 - 1995	Division 1 South 	- 	- 	-	- 	-	-	- 	- 	- 	- 	-
1995 - 1996	Division 2 South 	22	16 	0	6 	-	-	178	75 	32	3 	Final group South
1996 - 1997	English League South 	22	20 	1	1 	-	-	192	46 	41	1 	Qualification South
1997 - 1998	English League South 	20	11 	3	6 	-	-	195	88 	25	5 	Championship Round South
1998 - 1999	English Premier League 	32	12 	3	17	-	-	155	168	27	8 	Did not make playoffs
1999 - 2000	English Premier League 	24	5 	2	17	-	-	78 	127	12	5 	Did not make playoffs
2000 - 2001	English Premier League 	32	21 	2	9 	-	-	174	106	44	4 	Champion
2001 - 2002	English Premier League 	28	18 	2	8 	-	-	169	79 	38	4 	Qualification
2002 - 2003	English Premier League 	42	19 	6	17	-	-	218	199	44	8 	Qualification
2003 - 2004	English Premier League 	32	21 	2	9 	-	-	198	131	44	3 	Qualification
2004 - 2005	English Premier League 	32	17 	2	13	-	-	144	113	36	4 	Semifinal loss
2005 - 2006	English Premier League 	48	24 	5	19	-	-	214	204	53	7 	Qualification
2006 - 2007	English Premier League 	44	14 	4	25	-	1	175	234	33	9 	Did not make playoffs
2007 - 2008	English Premier League 	40	16 	-	20	1	3	137	176	37	8 	Qualification
2008 - 2009	English Premier League 	54	22 	-	24	5	3	197	259	57	6 	Quarterfinal loss
2009 - 2010	English Premier League 	54	5 	-	46	1	2	147	370	14	10 	Did not make playoffs
2010 - 2011	English National League South Division 1	40	29 	5	6 	-	-	244	101	63	3 	Conference SF loss South 1
2011 - 2012	English National League South Division 1	36	31 	0	5 	-	-	235	93 	62	Champion	Conference Final loss South 1
2012 - 2013	NIHL South Division 1 	32	22 	2	8 	-	-	205	115	46	3 	Semifinal loss South
2013 - 2014	NIHL South Division 1 	32	17 	3	12	-	-	142	128	37	4 	Quarterfinal loss South
2014 - 2015	NIHL South Division 1 	36	9 	3	24	-	-	120	191	21	8 	Semifinal loss South
2015 - 2016	NIHL South Division 1 	36	11 	2	23	-	-	135	174	24	8 	Quarterfinal loss South
2016 - 2017	NIHL South Division 1 	28	11 	4	13	-	-	92 	105	26	5 	Semifinal loss South
2017 - 2018	NIHL South Division 1 	32	16-	-	13	2	1	121	106	37	4 	Conference SF loss
=== Cups ===
SEASON 	LEAGUE 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	RANK	POSTSEASON
1988 - 1989	Autumn Trophy	6	2	1	3	-	-	43	62	5	3 	Did not make playoffs South & East
1989 - 1990	Autumn Trophy	4	1	0	3	-	-	33	38	2	3 	Did not make playoffs South East
1990 - 1991	Autumn Cup 	8	1	0	7	-	-	45	70	2	5 	Did not make playoffs Group C
1991 - 1992	Autumn Cup 	8	2	0	6	-	-	38	66	4	5 	Did not make playoffs Group C
1992 - 1993	B&H Cup 	6	1	0	5	-	-	34	63	2	4 	Did not make playoffs Group B
==References==
Category:Ice hockey teams in England