The Richmond Flyers were an ice hockey team who were founded in 1977 as the London Phoenix Flyers, changing their name to Richmond Flyers in 1980. They competed in the Inter-City League between 1980 and 1982, the British Hockey League between 1982 and 1989, and the English League between 1989 and 1991.
| Richmond Flyers | |
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| City | London, United Kingdom |
| League | British Hockey League |
| Founded | 1977 |
| Operated | 1977-1992 |
| Home arena | Richmond Ice Rink Capacity: 1250 Ice size: 200ft x 81ft |
| Colours | Blue and gold |
| Head coach | Dennis Horne / Alec Goldstone |
| Franchise history | |
| 1977–1980 | London Phoenix Flyers |
| 1980–1992 | Richmond Flyers |
The club ceased to exist from 1992 when their home ice rink, Richmond Ice Rink, was demolished to make way for flats overlooking the River Thames.
| Name | Position | Number | Nationality | Years played | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Adams | Defence | ? | British | ? | |||||
| Mick Angel | Defence | ? | British | 1984, 85, 86 | |||||
| Mike (Pip) Allard | ? | ? | British | ? | |||||
| Martin Bergin | Defence | ? | British | 1983, 84, 85 | |||||
| Paul Cooney | Defence | 8 | British | ? | |||||
| Brian Casey | Forward | 10 | ? | 1981 | |||||
| John Cimelli | Netminder | ? | British | ? | |||||
| Lloyd Clifford | Netminder | ? | ? | 1988, 89 | |||||
| Len Cole | Forward | 15 | British | 1981 | |||||
| Charlie Colon | Netminder | ? | American | ? | |||||
| Steve Condron | Defence | ? | British | 1983, 84, 85 | |||||
| Tony Cooper | Defence | ? | British | ? | |||||
| Geoff Delderfield | ? | ? | British | ? | |||||
| Andre Downs | Netminder | 1 | American | 1981 | |||||
| Elias Elia | Forward | ? | British | ? | |||||
| Ross Fleming | Forward | 7 | Canadian | 1977, 78, 79 | |||||
| Nick Fitzpatrick | Forward | 12 | English | 1982, 83, 84 | |||||
| Barry Gage | Defence | 9 | British | ? | |||||
| Mark Gibson | Defence | ? | British | ? | |||||
| Phil Gosbee | Defence | ? | British | ? | |||||
| Kevan Grace | Forward | 7 | ? | 1981 | |||||
| Robert Graham | Forward | ? | American | ? | |||||
| John Grisevich | Netminder | ? | ? | ? | |||||
| Steve Heath | Forward | ? | British | ? | |||||
| John Holtham | Defence | 12 | British | 1981 | |||||
| David Howden | Forward | 14 | Canadian | 79-81 | |||||
| Steve Huggett | Forward | ? | British | ? | |||||
| Paul Hughes | Forward | ? | British | ? | |||||
| Lee Hurley | Forward | ? | British | ? | |||||
| Ron Johnson | Defence | ? | British | ? | |||||
| Jukka Korhonen | Forward | ? | Finnish | ? | |||||
| Paul Lidster | Defence | 2 | British | ? | |||||
| Christiaan Low | Centre forward | 10 | British | 1986-88 | |||||
| Dominic Mcgill | Netminder | 30 | British | ? | |||||
| Tom Moffat | Defence | ? | American | ? | |||||
| Dave Newman | Forward | 16 | British | 1981 | |||||
| Tony Nicholson | Forward | ? | British | ? | |||||
| Ian Noad | Defence | ? | British | ? | |||||
| Andy Nunn | Netminder | ? | British | ? | |||||
| Gary Plaistow | Forward | 14 | British | 1981 | |||||
| Robert Plumb | Forward | 13 | American | 1981 | |||||
| Jason Reilly | Forward | ? | British | ? | |||||
| Mark Salisbury | Defence | ? | British | ? | |||||
| Trevor Salisbury | Defence | ? | British | ? | |||||
| Chris Scammon | Defence | 5 | American | 1981 | |||||
| Michael Seabrooke | Forward | 3 | British | ? | |||||
| Hugh Segre | Forward | ? | British | ? | |||||
| James Sheridan | Forward | ? | British | ? | |||||
| Alastair Smith | Forward | ? | British | 1985 | |||||
| Gary Stefan | Forward | ? | Canadian | 1980-1981 | |||||
| Gilbert Storm | Forward | 6 | ? | 1981 | |||||
| Dave Sweeney | Forward | ? | British | ? | |||||
| Dan Thomas C | Forward | 9 | Canadian | 1982-1983 | |||||
| Alan Walton | Forward | ? | British | ? | |||||
| Kelly Williams | Forward | ? | British | ? | |||||
| Bob Williamson | Forward | 12 | British | 1977-1989 | |||||
| Monty Wise | Netminder | ? | British | ? | |||||
| Bernie Woolcott | Forward | 8 | British | 1984, 85, 86 | |||||
| Andy Young | Forward | 16 | British | 1985,86,87 | Alan Jarvis C | Defence. | 13 | British | 1977 |
| Jon Kieran | Centre | 16 | Canadian | 1980-1981 | |||||
| Ben Acquah | Defence | 2 | British | 1988, 89 |