The Club does not have a Clubhouse or its own “home” ground. We play at ten locations around Berkhamsted, providing football pitches for U7 & U8 (5v5); U9 & U10 (7v7); U11 & U12 (9v9) and 11v11 from U13 upwards.
We work closely with the local schools to provide football pitches. Raiders takes on the costs and responsibility for both pitch maintenance and provision of goal posts and nets, which is of additional benefit to sport in the local schools. A set of goal posts and nets costs upwards of £1,500!
On a Sunday/Monday, our Operation Manager, Stu Riches, does the juggling act of locating pitches for our home teams. Stu, working with nominated pitch coordinators and the pitch owners, will coordinate the requirements to postpone game due to adverse weather. has the ultimate say in cancellation of matches.
The venues used by the club are as follows:
- Ashlyns School – 8 pitches plus BerkoAstro 3G
- Bridgewater School – 7 pitches (Saturdays, Girls Only)
- Haslam Field (Berkhamsted School pitches on Shootersway) –2 Pitches
- Greenway School – 2 pitches
- Berkhamsted and Hemel Hempstead Hockey Club, Cow Roast – 1 pitch
- Wigginton Recreational Ground – 1 pitch
- Lagley Meadow (adjacent to Berkhamsted Sports Centre) – 1 pitch
You can DOWNLOAD maps of our playing locations from the Location Maps page,
Looking after our pitches
The rapid expansion of the Club means that we have over 98 teams….. and not enough pitches. Some of the pitches get fairly heavy use throughout the winter – so we need to look after them.
The rules:
- Raiders’ teams or opposition teams should avoid warming up on the pitch in adverse weather.
- Use areas around the pitches to warm up the team, and ask the opposition to keep off.
- Games must NEVER take place on a pitch which is not fit for play. One game on a waterlogged pitch can ruin that pitch for several months ahead.