Cardiff Metropolitan University F.C.
| 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 Premier League |
| 2015–16 | Welsh Football League Division One, 1st (Promoted) |
Cardiff Metropolitan University Football Club are a Welsh football club, of the Athletic Union of Cardiff Metropolitan University, based in Cyncoed, Cardiff that plays in the Welsh Premier League, having been promoted from the 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.
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 '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. On 3 May 2016, Cardiff Met confirmed their place in the Welsh Premier League after Caernarfon Town and Denbigh Town failed to secure licenses to play in the top flight of Welsh football.
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