{"id":28178,"date":"2018-03-23T12:19:28","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T12:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=28178"},"modified":"2018-03-23T12:19:28","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T12:19:28","slug":"cardiff-met-secure-second-successive-uni-football-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/03\/23\/cardiff-met-secure-second-successive-uni-football-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff Met secure second successive Uni football title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CARDIFF MET came from behind twice to secure victory in the UK universities men\u2019s football final on Wednesday against Hartpury.<\/span><br \/>\nThe BUCS league is a multi-sport competition that pits universities from across the country against each other.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a tight fixture played at Nottingham University, it was the team from Wales who emerged victorious, winning 3-2 after extra-time to lift the trophy for the second time running.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hartpury had twice taken the lead in the second half, their second in the 80th minute was cancelled out within two minutes as a stubborn Met side forced the game into extra-time.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With eight minutes of extra-time to play and the game heading towards a penalty shoot-out, full-back Dylan Rees squirmed a shot under the goalkeeper to win the title for Met.<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">?? Back to back <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BUCSsport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BUCSsport<\/a> National Champions! ?\u26bd\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MET?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MET<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tJ2nEDnRvf\">pic.twitter.com\/tJ2nEDnRvf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cardiff Met Uni FC (@CardiffMetFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CardiffMetFC\/status\/976514511871111170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 21, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hartpury are no slouches at this level having won 11 trophies at BUCS level in the past decade, making this victory all the more special for Cardiff Met.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The result secured Met\u2019s fifth trophy since their BUCS MARS Football Premier South victory in 2013.<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CARDIFF MET came from behind twice to secure victory in the UK universities men\u2019s football final on Wednesday against Hartpury. 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