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The team is one of over 70 groups of football supporters from all over Scotland and England that will descend on the playing fields of Leeds University to battle it out for the IFA Cup and Plate at the WorldNET competition.
The tournament kicks off on Friday 18th July at 5.30pm with a Scotland vs England international followed by the final of the IFA Cup. InterMaLamb narrowly missed out on a spot in the IFA final, emulating their idols' results in cup competitions last year by going down in the semis 2-0 to Bury.
As well as English and Scottish teams, supporters of French club RC Lens will be participating at the competition and there will also be a contingent of Arsenal fans from Nigeria.
Dons organiser Allan McLean said: 'This is the tournament that everyone looks forward to, it really is a great weekend of football and a good chance to catch up with and meet other teams."
The main tournament takes the form of 16 groups of four teams on Saturday, with the top two sides from each group forming the Cup on the Sunday, and the bottom two taking their place in the Plate. It is then a straight knock out, with the winners having to triumph in five half-hour games on the Sunday to get their hands on a trophy.
McLean, who heads into his testimonial year next summer, added: "This is our 7th time in the competition and as always, everyone is pretty excited about it."
"We have had a pretty stop-start season, and mirrored the first team after crashing out in the semi final of both the Scottish and British Cups. The last two years at Worldnet we've managed to get to the last eight of the Cup, so hopefully this year we can go a little bit further."
Aberdeen will be attempting to qualify from their group which comprises of three Uniteds - Manchester, Sheffield and Oxford.
Tournament organiser John Boocock said: "We have been bringing supporters from opposing football teams together for 12 years now and each year the tournament gets bigger and better.
"The Internet Football Association was formed at the time of Euro 96 when the FA's Graham Kelly stated that English football fans would not get on with either each other or with visiting fans.
"We are living proof that this is not the case and week in week out our teams meet up before the big match to play in our league and our cup competitions.
"WorldNET is the culmination of the season and is looked forward to by all. Internet football is not just about winning. It's about taking part and building bridges between rival sets of supporters. We play real games with real results, the best of which is the friendship built up between those who love of the beautiful game."
For more details see the website at www.wordlnet.org.uk or email info@boocock.net.