Romford Raiders News

The Romford Raiders' management team would like to apologise for this unacceptably late confirmation that there will be no Raiders game at RVW tonight, Saturday 4th.

We have been asking for a fixture since July 13th but, for a variety of reasons, it has not been possible for the EIHA to arrange any opponents.

The Raiders management are pleased to announce David Oliver has agreed to return to the blue line and bolster their already strong defence. He has just returned from Canada where he has been working, improving his hockey and fitness. David will wear the number 44 shirt.

Coach Danny Marshall watched David in training last night and was impressed with his work effort, and is very pleased he decided to return to Romford.

Ollie has kept in touch with David over the summer and was pleased to be told by him last night that he is "up for it and ready to go"

We can now reveal the new shirt designs for the 2010/2011 season.

Replica shirts will be available for purchase and prices will be published at a later date.

* Shirts are subject to slight change.

Romford Head Coach Danny Marshall admits he is in no hurry to fill the last few places on his 2010/11 roster. Marshall has room for two ITC holders and a few additional British players but the problem, if indeed it is a problem, is an abundance of choice rather than limited options.

The Romford Raiders fixtures for the 2010/2011 season, are now available under the Fixtures section of this website.

A few points worth mentioning:

Because the majority of teams in this league normally play their home games on Sundays, Raiders have some Saturday home fixtures and Sunday road games. September sees an exciting start to the campaign with back to back games against Chelmsford and the visit of newly promoted Bristol. We also go west with road games at Cardiff and Swindon.

Romford Head Coach Danny Marshall will hold the first Raiders’ pre-season training session on Thursday 22nd July.

Head Coach Danny Marshall has raided the English Premier League to capture the latest addition to his roster and Romford are delighted to announce that terms have been agreed with Peterborough Phantoms’ defenceman, Julian Smith.

It’s the one we wanted. He’s the player we hoped would be back with the Raiders although all the evidence said that he’d be on his way.

Romford Raiders have added two more names to their rearguard by agreeing terms with a goalie and a defenceman, both of whom have played EPL hockey for the Raiders.

Romford Coach Danny Marshall has added potential and experience to his roster by agreeing terms with three new players for the 2010/11 season.

The experience comes in the form of Adam ‘AJ’ Smith and Grant Baxter, who both join the club from reigning ENIHL South champions, Invicta Dynamos. The potential is personified by Peterborough Phantom Tom Davis, who has rejoined the Raiders after a brief spell at Rom Valley Way last season.