the club endured a barren spell throughout the early 1990s and were forced to leave their mayflower centre in 1991 due to a leak in the roof. the team underwent a brief nomadic period using venues such as the john kitto centre, china fleet centre, ivybridge community college and even torbay leisure centre, 30 miles away in paignton, to host home games. the raiders returned to the mayflower centre, now with a brand new roof, in january 1992 and made a brief return to the play-offs before bowing out to league runners-up bury lobos in the semi-final. by late 1992, with no major sponsor in place, the raiders faced more financial troubles and an uncertain future. following the help of a local newspaper campaign in the evening herald, wolferstan's solicitors came forward with a sponsorship offer and investment that enabled the club to survive its second financial crisis in six years.