History
The club was founded in 1970 as Leeds & Carnegie College F.C., they were entered into the Yorkshire Football League Division Three during that year and were promoted during their debut season. Leeds & Carnegie were promoted as Yorkshire League Division Two champions in 1972-73 and would stay in the league system until 1979. They had a decent run in the FA Vase during the 1976-77 season, before going out to Newcastle Blue Star 1-0 in the fourth round.
During 1980, the club were entered into the Northern Universities League, they went under the name Leeds Polytechnic for much of this period, winning the Premier Division of this set-up a total of nine times. The name of the club was changed to Leeds Met Carnegie during the early part of the 1990s.
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