2010–11 Scottish Youth Cup Explained

Scottish Youth Cup
Year:	2010–11
Other Title:	SFA Youth Cup
Country:	Scotland
Num Teams:	56
Defending Champions:	Celtic
Champions:	Celtic
Runner-Up:	Rangers
Matches:	55
Prevseason:	2009–10
Nextseason:	2011–12

The 2010–11 Scottish Youth Cup is the 28th season of Scotland's annual competition run by Scottish Football Association. The holders Celtic defeated Rangers 2–0 in last season's final.

Calendar

Round	Match date	Fixtures	Clubs
align=left	First Round	align=left	Sunday 12 September 2010	8	56 → 48
align=left	Second Round	align=left	Sunday 10 October	16	48 → 32
align=left	Third Round	align=left	Sunday 7 November 2010	16	32 → 16
align=left	Fourth Round	align=left	Sunday 16 January 2011	8	16 → 8
align=left	Quarter-finals	align=left	Sunday 13 February 2011	4	8 → 4
align=left	Semi-finals	align=left	Sunday 27 March 2011	2	4 → 2
align=left	Final	align=left	Wednesday 27 April 2011	1	2 → 1

Format

• First Round - 40 teams are divided geographically. 19 teams go into the Central Group, 10 into the North Group and 11 into the South Group. In this groups teams are played respectively only 3, 2 and 3 matches, while rest of teams go straight into the second round as byes.
• Second Round - 8 winners of the first round join 24 teams, who did not play in the previous round.
• Third Round - 16 winners of the second round join 16 seeded teams, who started at this stage.
• Fourth Round - 16 winners of the third round.
• Quarter-finals - 8 winners of the fourth round.
• Semi-finals - 4 winners of the quarter-finals.
• Final - 2 winners of the semi-finals.

Fixtures & results

First round

The first-round draw was conducted on 1 September 2010.^[1]

Central Group

Alloa Athletic, Arbroath, Civil Service Strollers, Clyde, Dumbarton, Edinburgh, Greenock Morton, Montrose, Motherwell, Partick Thistle, Raith Rovers, Spartans, Stirling Albion receive byes into the second round.

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Berwick Rangers	walkover	Stenhousemuir
East Stirlingshire	0–6	Hamilton Academical
East Fife	3–1	Brechin City

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/default.stm

North Group

Cove Rangers, Deveronvale, Elgin City, Fraserburgh, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Peterhead receive byes into the second round.

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Clachnacuddin	4–8	Keith
Aberdeen	16–0	Huntly

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/default.stm

South Group

Ayr United, Coldstream, Gala Fairydean, Newton Stewart, St Cuthbert Wanderers receive byes into the second round.

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Queen of the South	1–2	Kilmarnock
Annan Athletic	4–2	Dalbeattie Star
Stranraer	walkover	Threave Rovers

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/default.stm

Second round

The second-round draw was conducted on 15 September 2010.^[2]

Central Group

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Alloa Athletic	0 - 3	Raith Rovers
Dumbarton	3 - 2	East Fife
Motherwell	3 - 0	Stirling Albion
Greenock Morton	2 - 5	Stenhousemuir
Spartans	2 - 3	Montrose
Partick Thistle	7 - 0	Civil Service Strollers
Edinburgh City	0 - 7	Hamilton Academical
Arbroath	1 - 3	Clyde

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/default.stm

North Group

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Deveronvale	2 - 0	Fraserburgh
Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1 - 2	Keith
Cove Rangers	2 - 3	Elgin City
Peterhead	1 - 3	Aberdeen

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/default.stm

South Group

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Gala Fairydean	1 - 3	Annan Athletic
Kilmarnock	18 - 0	St Cuthbert Wanderers
Ayr United	1 - 0	Stranraer
Newton Stewart	1 - 6	Coldstream

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/default.stm

Third round

The third-round draw was conducted on 21 October 2010.^[3]

Home Team	Score	Away Team
St Mirren	1 - 0	Partick Thistle
St Johnstone	1 - 4	Aberdeen
Falkirk	4 - 2	Dunfermline Athletic
Kilmarnock	4 - 6	Airdrie United
Ayr United	4 - 2	Annan Athletic
Rangers	13 - 0	Deveronvale
Dumbarton	2 - 2 12 - 13 (pen.)	Coldstream
Livingston	1 - 0	Motherwell
Hibernian	12 - 0	Brora Rangers
Ross County	0 - 4	Raith Rovers
Celtic	6 - 1	Dundee
Hamilton Academical	2 - 1	Queen's Park
Heart of Midlothian	4 - 0	Dundee United
Elgin City	0 - 8	Stenhousemuir
Cowdenbeath	1 - 3	Clyde
Montrose	5 - 1	Keith

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/default.stm

Fourth round

The fourth-round draw was conducted on 12 November 2010.^[4]

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Ayr United	2 - 0	Clyde
Rangers	3 - 2	Hamilton Academical
Celtic	5 - 1	Airdrie United
Stenhousemuir	4 - 3	Montrose
Heart of Midlothian	0 - 1	Hibernian
Coldstream	0 - 9	Livingston
Falkirk	2 - 1	Raith Rovers
Aberdeen	1 - 0	St Mirren

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/default.stm

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals draw was conducted on 27 January 2011.^[5]

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Celtic	4 - 0	Stenhousemuir
Hibernian	2 - 1	Falkirk
Ayr United	2 - 6	Rangers
Aberdeen	2 - 4	Livingston

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/default.stm

Semi-finals

The semi-finals draw was conducted after Quarter-finals matches.

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Final

See main article: 2011 Scottish Youth Cup Final.

External links

• Official site

Notes and References

1. News: 2010/11 Youth Cup First Round Draw. 2010-09-01. Scottish Football Association. 2010-09-01.
2. News: Youth Cup second-round draw. 2010-09-15. Scottish Football Association. 2010-09-15.
3. News: Scottish FA Youth Cup third-round draw. 2010-10-21. Scottish Football Association. 2010-10-21.
4. News: Youth Cup fourth-round draw. 2010-11-12. Scottish Football Association. 2010-11-12.
5. News: Youth Cup fifth-round draw. 2011-01-27. Scottish Football Association. 2011-01-27.