Inter Cardiff F.C.

Inter Cardiff
Full name Inter Cardiff Football Club
Nickname(s) The Div's, The Gulls
Founded 1990
Dissolved 2000 (Merged with Cardiff Met
Owner CabelTel (1996-99)

Inter Cardiff F.C. were a Welsh football club, based in Leckwith, Cardiff that played in the League of Wales. Founded as Inter Cardiff in 1990, by the merger of A.F.C. Cardiff and Sully F.C, the club changed its name to Inter CabelTel in 1996 before reverting back to their original name three years later.

History

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

Formative Years

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 merged with Sully F.C to form Inter Cardiff FC. In 1996, the club was renamed Inter CableTel A.F.C. (after their sponsors), but reverted to Inter Cardiff FC in 1999.

A new Adventure

Meanwhile, the team of Cardiff College of Education was developing (now University of Wales Institute, Cardiff). 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.

Inter CabelTel

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.

Final Year

Following their best season ever the future of the team was left in doubt after their major sponsor CabelTel, now operating as ntl, withdrew their sponsorship. Despite their entry into European competition in the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup they finished the season one place above relegation and lost their hold on the Welsh Cup in the Fourth Round.

Following a poor season it was decided to merge with the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff's Men's football team, or UWIC for short, and form a new club UWIC Inter Cardiff A.F.C. The Inter Cardiff name continued until the 2008–09 season before it was dropped, leaving the team to continue from 2009–10 as U.W.I.C. The Institute it's self underwent a name change in 2012 and following suit, so did the team becoming 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
Attendance1
Welsh Cup
Welsh League Cup
Leading scorer1
1990–91 Welsh Football League
National Division
n/a 30 12 8 10 58 46 +12 44 6th of 16 ?? R2 n/a unknown ??
1991–92 Welsh Football League
National Division
n/a 30 7 8 15 32 45 -13 29 12th of 16 ?? R1 n/a unknown ??
1992–93 League of Wales 1 38 26 7 7 79 36 +43 83 2nd of 20 ?? R3 n/a unknown ??
1993–94 League of Wales 1 38 26 3 9 97 44 +53 81 2nd of 20 ?? QF n/a unknown ??
1994–95 League of Wales 1 38 14 11 13 58 43 +15 53 10th of 20 ?? SF n/a unknown ??
1995–96 League of Wales 1 40 14 12 14 62 62 0 54 8th of 21 ?? R3 n/a unknown ??
1996–97 League of Wales 1 40 26 6 8 80 32 +48 84 2nd of 21 ?? R3 n/a unknown ??
1997–98 League of Wales 1 38 25 3 10 58 28 +30 74 4th of 20 ?? R4 n/a unknown ??
1998–99 League of Wales 1 32 19 6 7 61 26 +35 63 2nd of 17 ?? Winners n/a unknown ??
1999–2000 League of Wales 1 34 8 6 20 30 62 -32 292 16th of 18 ?? R4 n/a unknown ??

1: League games only
2One point deducted for non-fulfillment of fixture 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

Cups

As Lake United

League

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
England GK Thomas Edmonds (Club Captain)
England GK Chris Willis
Wales DF Steve Bowen
Wales DF Trystan Dafydd
Republic of Ireland DF Donal Roughneen (Team Captain)
Wales DF Kristian Speake
Wales DF Ben Davies
Wales DF Curtis Grant
Wales MF Tom Bowen
Wales MF Gareth Cawley
No. Position Player
England MF Martin Longworth
Wales MF Eliot Evans
England MF Eddie Jones
England MF Charlie Corsby
Wales MF Luke Swaffield
England MF Kieran Hodgkin
Scotland FW Lewis Murray
Wales FW Kane Smith
England FW Sam Carrington
England FW Alex Dockree

External links

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