Raiders IHC | |
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City | Romford |
League | NIHL |
Division | National League |
Founded | 1987 |
Home arena | Sapphire Ice and Leisure Centre |
Colours | White, Gold and Blue |
Affiliates | Raiders 2, NIHL 1 |
Website | London Raiders |
Franchise history | |
1987 – 2013 | Romford Raiders |
2013 – 2018 | London Raiders |
2018 – present | Raiders |
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.[1] The team returned to Romford in 2018, keeping the London Raiders name.