Cardiff University F.C.


Cardiff University Football Club are a Welsh football club based at Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales. They complete in the British Universities and Colleges Sport BUCS [Football League] competitions.

Period in the Welsh Football League

The team joined the Welsh Football League for the 1968–69 season in Welsh [Football League Division Three|Division Two], finishing 5th in their first season in the league. The 1970–71 season saw them finish as league champions and promoted to Welsh Football [League Division Two|Division One]. The 1971–72 season saw the club finish as runner-up and gain promotion to Premier Division, then highest tier of football in South Wales. Dai Smith won promotion with Aberaman and Cardiff University in 3 consecutive seasons 1969 to 1972. They spent two seasons in the top division finishing 15th and 18th. The club then spent two seasons in Division One and two seasons in Division Two, leaving the Welsh League at the end of the 1977–78 season.

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