Scottish Junior Cup
The Scottish Junior Cup is an annual football competition organised by the Scottish Junior Football Association for its 116 member clubs. The competition has been held every year since the inception of the SJFA in 1886 and, as of the 2020–21 edition, up to 95 teams could compete in the tournament. The cup has an unseeded knockout format with semi-finals over two legs and the final played at a neutral venue, always that of an SPFL club.
Organising body | Scottish Junior Football Association |
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Founded | 1886 |
Region | Scotland |
Number of teams | 95 (2020–21) |
Current champions | Auchinleck Talbot (13th title) |
Most successful club(s) | Auchinleck Talbot (13 titles) |
2019–20 Scottish Junior Cup 2020–21 Scottish Junior Cup |
Since the 2006–07 season, the winner of the Junior Cup Final has qualified for the following season's senior Scottish Cup.[1][2] The competition is named the Macron Scottish Cup for sponsorship reasons.[3]
Auchinleck Talbot are the current holders, after defeating Largs Thistle 2–0 on 2 June 2019 at New Douglas Park, Hamilton.[4]
Format
The competition is open to all member clubs of Scottish Junior Football Association, including those in the West of Scotland Football League who have retained membership of the SJFA.
Clubs who have qualified to participate in the 'senior' Scottish Cup receive a bye in the first round of the Junior Cup.[5]
Matches which are tied after 90 minutes proceed directly to penalty kicks, and semi-finals take place as single matches. Prior to the 2020–21 season, drawn matches were replayed and semi-finals took place as two legged ties.
History
The Cup has been competed for since the 1886–87 season, when Fairfield Govan became the first winners. The SJFA purchased an exact replica in 2007, to replace the original which was showing its age.
Auchinleck Talbot are the most successful club, winning the trophy 13 times to date, including winning it three times in a row from 1986 to 1988.[6]
The record attendance for a Junior Cup Final is 77,650 for the 1951 final between Petershill and Irvine Meadow XI.[7]
In 2010, Linlithgow Rose lifted the Scottish Junior Cup for the fourth time in their history and third in a decade. They now join a small group of teams that have managed to lift the cup more than three times.
Sponsorship
The cup's long-term sponsor, the OVD Rum company, which, as of 2006, had an eighteen-year-long association with the competition, withdrew their backing before the start of the 2006–07 competition. Unlike most other sponsored contests whose names change often, OVD had become so ingrained into the Scottish Junior Cup that it was often simply referred to as the "OVD Junior Cup". The Scottish Junior Football Association announced in 2006 that they would provide the sponsorship and prize money themselves, meaning the cup would be known simply as the Scottish Junior Cup. A new sponsor was found during the 2006–07 competition for the semi-finals and final - Scottish Citylink, a long-distance coach operator. The competition was sponsored by Emirates between 2009 and 2013.[8] The tournament was without a sponsor in 2013–14, with Barr Construction sponsoring the final only, then the SJFA entered a partnership with Dementia Scotland for the latter stages of the 2014–15 competition.[9][10]
The cup had been without a sponsor since ETHX Energy sponsored the 2015-16 competition,[11] however from 2018, sportswear company Macron has sponsored the tournament.[3]
Finals
- (R) = Won after a replay/2nd replay.
- (aet) = Result after extra time.
- (P) = Won on penalties.
- Result protested.
- Glasgow Junior Football League teams did not enter.
- Clubs involved in the Intermediate dispute did not take part.
- Centenary competition
- 125th Anniversary competition
Club Performance
- As of after 2018–19
Clubs which are currently members of the SJFA are indicated in bold.
League Performance
- As of after 2018–19
- SJFA league in which the club was playing each time they won the Scottish Cup.
- Total number of clubs who won the Scottish Cup while attached to the league.
- Total number of years in which a club from the league won the Scottish Cup.
- Glasgow Perthshire, Yoker Athletic, Benburb, Athurlie, Cambuslang Rangers, Rutherglen Glencairn, Maryhill, Clydebank Juniors, Kirkintilloch Rob Roy, Shawfield, Blantyre Victoria, Petershill, Vale of Leven, Kilsyth Rangers, Johnstone Burgh.
- 1931–32, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1939–40, 1940–41, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1943–44, 1946–47, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1952–53, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1966–67, 1967–68.
- Cambuslang Hibs, Strathclyde, Parkhead, Maryhill, Rutherglen Glencairn, Vale of Clyde, Ashfield, Petershill, Kirkintilloch Rob Roy.
- 1895–96, 1896–97, 1898–99, 1899–1900, 1901–02, 1902–03, 1903–04, 1904–05, 1906–07, 1909–10, 1911–12, 1914–15, 1915–16, 1917–18, 1918–19, 1919–20, 1920–21, 1923–24, 1925–26, 1927–28.
- Blantyre Victoria, Cambuslang Rangers, Baillieston Juniors, Pollok, East Kilbride Thistle, Arthurlie, Renfrew.
- 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2000–01.
- Irvine Meadow, Kilbirnie Ladeside, Cumnock Juniors, Auchinleck Talbot, Glenafton Athletic, Largs Thistle, Kilwinning Rangers.
- 1972–73, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1998–99.
- Auchinleck Talbot, Shotts Bon Accord, Hurlford United, Beith Juniors, Glenafton Athletic.
- 2005–06, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19.
- Musselburgh Bruntonians, Newtongrange Star, Tranent Juniors, Fauldhouse United, Bo'ness United, Dunbar United, Linlithgow Rose, Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic.
- 1922–23, 1929–30, 1934–35, 1945–46, 1947–48, 1960–61, 1964–65, 1965–66.
- Dalziel Rovers, Burnbank Athletic, Larkhall Thistle, Shotts Bon Accord.
- 1897–98, 1900–01, 1907–08, 1910–11, 1913–14, 1944–45, 1957–58.
- Kilwinning Rangers, Saltcoats Victoria, Auchinleck Talbot, Kilbirnie Ladeside, Irvine Meadow.
- 1908–09, 1924–25, 1948–49, 1951–52, 1958–59, 1962–63.
- Bo'ness United, Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic, Camelon Juniors, Whitburn, Linlithgow Rose.
- 1975–76, 1977–78, 1983–84, 1994–95, 1999–2000, 2001–02.
- Tayport, Carnoustie Panmure, Linlithgow Rose, Bathgate Thistle.
- 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10.
- Vale of Clyde, St Mirren Juniors, St Roch's, Maryhill Hibs, Denny Hibs.
- 1892–93, 1916–17, 1921–22, 1927–28, 1930–31.
- Inverkeithing United, St Andrews United, Glenrothes, Hill of Beath Hawthorn.
- 1912–13, 1959–60, 1974–75, 1989–90.
- No clubs from the North regional league formed in 1968, or from its successor, the North Region formed in 2001, has won the Scottish Cup or reached the final.
- Sunnybank, Banks o' Dee.
- 1953–54, 1956–57.
- Dundee Violet.
- 1928–29.
- Tayport.
- 1995–96.
- Dunipace.
- 1905–06.
References
- "Junior clubs enter Scottish Cup". BBC Sport. 1 June 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
- Juniors make mark in Scottish Cup, BBC Sport, 29 September 2007
- "Macron unveiled as sponsor of the Scottish Junior Cup". www.scottishjuniorfa.com. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- Wilson, Fraser (2 June 2019). "Auchinleck Talbot 2 Largs Thistle 0". Daily Record. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- "SJFA Constitution Rules 20-21" (PDF). p. 14.
- "Honours". Auchinleck Talbot FC. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
- "History". Scottish Junior Football Association. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
- "Emirates back showpiece trophy as first-round draw is made". Evening Times. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
- "Scottish Junior Cup nets Barr as headline sponsor". Barr. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
- "Dyslexia Scotland to partner the Scottish Junior Cup". Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
- "Juniors: Paisley firm ETHX Energy clinches Scottish Cup sponsorship deal as Troon ace Colin Spence revels in mouth-watering third-round draw". Evening Times. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
- Scottish Junior Cup Finals 1886-1919, Scottish Junior Football Association
- "Scottish Junior Cup Winners 1917". St Mirren Juniors - StMirren.info. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
- "1917–18 season". St Mirren Juniors - StMirren.info. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
- Scottish Junior Cup Finals 1920-1949, Scottish Junior Football Association
- Protest | Row That Rocked the Juniors, Evening Times, 17 June 1961
- Scottish Junior Cup Finals 1950-1959, Scottish Junior Football Association
- Scottish Junior Cup Finals 1960-1969, Scottish Junior Football Association
- Scottish Junior Cup Finals 1970-1979, Scottish Junior Football Association
- Scottish Junior Cup Finals 1980-1989, Scottish Junior Football Association
- Scottish Junior Cup Finals 1990-1999, Scottish Junior Football Association
- Scottish Junior Cup Finals 2000-2009, Scottish Junior Football Association
- Bathgate Thistle 2-1 Cumnock Juniors: Hill's long quest rewarded by Scottish Junior Cup final win, The Scotsman, 2 June 2008
- Citylink Scottish Junior Cup final: Auchinleck Talbot 2 Clydebank 1, Daily Record, 1 June 2009
- Scottish Junior Cup Finals 2010-2019, Scottish Junior Football Association
- Emirates Scottish Junior Cup Final: Musselburgh 1-2 Auchinleck Talbot, Scotzine, 29 May 2011