Inter Cardiff F.C.

Inter Cardiff F.C. was 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 to their original name three years later.

Inter Cardiff
Full nameInter Cardiff Football Club
Nickname(s)The Div's, The Gulls
Founded1990
Dissolved2000 (merged with Cardiff Met)
OwnerCabelTel (1996–99)

History

The club has had a chequered history, and has experienced 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 Cardiff Metropolitan University). 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 Divs (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 to 2010 as U.W.I.C. The Institute itself 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
1990–91Welsh Football League
National Division		n/a30128105846+12446th of 16??R2n/aunknown ??
1991–92Welsh Football League
National Division		n/a3078153245−132912th of 16??R1n/aunknown ??
1992–93League of Wales13826777936+43832nd of 20??R3n/aunknown ??
1993–94League of Wales13826399744+53812nd of 20??QFn/aunknown ??
1994–95League of Wales1381411135843+155310th of 20??SFn/aunknown ??
1995–96League of Wales14014121462620548th of 21??R3n/aunknown ??
1996–97League of Wales14026688032+48842nd of 21??R3n/aunknown ??
1997–98League of Wales138253105828+30744th of 20??R4n/aunknown ??
1998–99League of Wales13219676126+35632nd of 17??Winnersn/aunknown ??
1999–2000League of Wales13486203062−3229216th of 18??R4n/aunknown ??

1: League games only
2One point deducted for non-fulfilment 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

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.

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