Cardiff Metropolitan University F.C.

Cardiff Met

Full name	Cardiff Metropolitan University Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Archers
Founded	2000 (as UWIC Inter Cardiff)
Ground	Cyncoed Campus
Capacity	1,620
Manager	Professor Robyn Jones
League	Welsh Football League Division One
2013–14	Welsh Football League Division Two, 1st
Home colours Away colours

Cardiff Metropolitan University F.C. are a Welsh football club, of the Athletic Union of Cardiff Metropolitan University, based in Cyncoed, Cardiff that plays in the Welsh Football League Division One. Founded as UWIC Inter Cardiff in 2000, by the merger of Inter Cardiff F.C and UWIC F.C., the club changed its name to Cardiff Metropolitan University in 2012.

History

The club has had a chequered history experiencing turbulent times and many name changes.

The club was formed by a series of mergers and name changes. Firstly, Lake United renamed themselves A.F.C. Cardiff in 1984. In 1990, they were taken over by Sully F.C to form Inter Cardiff FC and then joined the Konica League of Wales.In 1996, the club was renamed Inter CableTel A.F.C. (after their sponsors), but reverted to Inter Cardiff FC in 1999.

Meanwhile, the team of Cardiff College of Education (later University of Wales Institute, Cardiff) was developing . The team went through a series of name changes, mirroring the name changes of the institution it represented. The team was originally known as Cardiff College of Education F.C.. They became South Glamorgan Institute F.C. in 1979; Cardiff Institute of Higher Education F.C. in 1990 and UWIC in 1996.

In 2000, Inter Cardiff merged with Cardiff Metropolitan University (UWIC) to form UWIC Inter Cardiff F.C.. The team's nicknames by fans included The International, The Sheep (Wales is famous for its sheep) or The Div's (from Car-DIFF). The Seagull on the team's logo originated from the Sully connection (nicknamed 'The Seagulls'). They changed their name again in the summer of 2012 to Cardiff Metropolitan University F.C.

League and cup history

Season	League Contested	Level	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	League Position	Avg. Home Attendance^1	Welsh Cup	Welsh League Cup	Leading scorer^1
2000–01	League of Wales	1	34	3	4	27	26	104	-78	13	18th of 18 Relegated	??	R2	n/a	unknown ??
2001–02	Welsh Football League Division One	2	36	23	7	6	81	45	+36	76	3rd of 19	??	R2	n/a	unknown ??
2002–03	Welsh Football League Division One	2	34	23	7	4	67	33	+34	76	3rd of 18	??	R4	n/a	unknown ??
2003–04	Welsh Football League Division One	2	Pl	w	d	l	f	a	dif	pts	? of ?	??	QF	n/a	unknown ??
2004–05	Welsh Football League Division One	2	Pl	w	d	l	f	a	dif	pts	? of ?	??	R2	n/a	unknown ??
2005–06	Welsh Football League Division One	2	Pl	w	d	l	f	a	dif	pts	? of ?	??	R3	n/a	unknown ??
2006–07	Welsh Football League Division One	2	Pl	w	d	l	f	a	dif	pts	? of ?	??	R2	n/a	unknown ??
2007–08	Welsh Football League Division One	2	Pl	w	d	l	f	a	dif	pts	? of ?	??	n/a	n/a	unknown ??
2008–09	Welsh Football League Division Two	3	34	15	11	8	59	42	+17	56	5th of 18^2	??	R1	n/a	unknown ??
2009–10	Welsh Football League Division Two	3	34	11	11	12	57	59	−2	44	12th of 18 Relegated^3	??	PR	n/a	unknown ??
2010–11	Welsh Football League Division Three	4	34	14	7	13	59	47	+12	49	9th of 18	??	QF	n/a	unknown ??
2011–12	Welsh Football League Division Three	4	28	13	5	10	49	51	-2	44	6th of 15^4	??	R1	n/a	unknown ??
2012–13	Welsh Football League Division Three	4	30	23	3	4	98	41	+57	72	1st of 16 Promoted	??	1Q	n/a	unknown ??
2013–14	Welsh Football League Division Two	3	30	20	6	4	86	24	+62	66	1st of 16 Promoted	??	R3	n/a	unknown ??
2014–15	Welsh Football League Division One	2	30	19	6	5	69	32	+37	63	3rd of 16	??	R4	n/a	unknown ??

¹: League games only
²: Name reverted to UWIC at end of season.
³: Relegated as part of League shack-up
⁴: Name changed to Cardiff Metropolitan University F.C. at end of season.
Last Updated: 13 January 2015

Q = Qualifying Round; R = Round Proper; P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points;

Honours

League

• League of Wales^[a]
  • Runners-up: 1992–93^[b], 1993–94^[b], 1996–97^[b], 1998–99^[b]
• Welsh Football League Division Three
  • Champions (2012/13)
• Welsh Football League Division Two
  • Champions (2013/14)

Cups

• Welsh Senior Cup
  • Champions: 1999^[b]
• Welsh Football League Cup
  • Champions: 1997

As Inter Cardiff

League

• Welsh Football League Division One
  • Champions: 1980–81
• Welsh Football League Division Two
  • Champions: 1979–80
• Welsh Women's Cup Runners Up: 1993 (as Inter Cardiff Ladies)
• Welsh Women's Cup Runners Up: 1994 (as Inter Cardiff Ladies)
• Welsh Women's Cup: 1995 (as Inter Cardiff Ladies)

Inter Cardiff represented Wales three times in the UEFA Cup. In the 1994-95 tournament they lost 0-8 over two legs to Katowice of Poland in the Preliminary round. They also played Scottish giants Celtic F.C. in the 1997-98 season (when known as Inter Cable Tel), losing 8-0 over the two legs. In 1999-2000 they lost 1-2 to Gorica of Slovenia over two legs in the 1st qualifying round.

They qualified for the 1999-2000 FAW Premier Cup but failed to progress from the group stage.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Thomas Edmonds (Club Captain) GK Chris Willis DF Steve Bowen DF Trystan Dafydd DF Donal Roughneen (Team Captain) DF Kristian Speake DF Ben Davies DF Curtis Grant MF Tom Bowen MF Gareth Cawley

No. Position Player MF Martin Longworth MF Eliot Evans MF Eddie Jones MF Charlie Corsby MF Luke Swaffield MF Kieran Hodgkin FW Lewis Murray FW Kane Smith FW Sam Carrington FW Alex Dockree

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