2016–17 Scottish Junior Cup Explained

Scottish Junior Cup
Year:2016–17
Num Teams:153
Champions:Glenafton Athletic
Runner-Up:Auchinleck Talbot
Prevseason:2015–16
Nextseason:2017–18

The 2016–17 Scottish Junior Cup was the 131st season of the Scottish Junior Cup, the national knockout tournament for member clubs of the Scottish Junior Football Association. The winner of this competition entered the following season's Scottish Cup at the preliminary round stage.[1]

Calendar

The provisional dates for each round of the 2016–17 tournament were as follows:[2]

Round Date Matches width=100 Clubs !New entries this round
First Round 24 September 2016 31 153 → 122 153
Second Round 22 October 2016 64 128 → 64 6
Third Round 19 November 2016 32 64 → 32 none
Fourth round 21 January 2017 16 32 → 16 none
Fifth round 18 February 2017 8 16 → 8 none
Quarter-finals 18 March 2017 4 8 → 4 none
Semi-finals 15/16 & 22/23 April 2017 4 4 → 2 none
Final 4 June 2017 1 2 → 1 none

Drawn matches are replayed the following weekend. Replays ending in a draw proceed direct to penalty shootout. Semi-finals are played home and away over two legs, subject to decision by the SJFA management committee.

First round

The six Junior clubs qualified for this season's Scottish Cup, were not included in the draw for the first round:

The first round draw took place at Hampden Park, Glasgow on 25 August 2016.[3]

Home team Score Away team
Armadale Thistle1 – 3Kennoway Star Hearts
Wishaw Juniors2 – 0Cumnock Juniors
Kirriemuir Thistle4 – 0Easthouses Lily MW
Whitletts Victoria5 – 2Buckie Rovers
Ellon United0 – 1Glasgow Perthshire
Newburgh Thistle0 – 5Sauchie Juniors
Ardeer Thistle0 – 1East Kilbride Thistle
Buchanhaven Hearts0 – 2Culter
Thornton Hibs2 – 2Dunbar United
New Elgin1 – 8Dundee North End
Jeanfield Swifts3 – 0Lugar Boswell Thistle
Livingston United7 – 0Cruden Bay
Pumpherston Juniors3 – 0Kirkcaldy YM
Saltcoats Victoria0 – 2Renfrew
West Calder United3 – 0Stoneywood Parkvale
Vale of Clyde8 – 0Sunnybank
Home team Score Away team
Irvine Victoria2 – 1Newtongrange Star
Newburgh0 – 5Hermes
Largs Thistle0 – 1Blantyre Victoria
Port Glasgow5 – 0Whitehills
Lochee United2 – 1Hurlford United
Bo'ness United3 – 3Bellshill Athletic
Lesmahagow0 – 2Irvine Meadow
Haddington Athletic1 – 0Troon
East Craigie1 – 3Bathgate Thistle
Broxburn Athletic3 – 3Glenafton Athletic
Ardrossan Winton Rovers2 – 1Dundonald Bluebell
Camelon Juniors3 – 4Whitburn
St Roch's0 – 1Kilwinning Rangers
Kilbirnie Ladeside6 – 0Banchory St. Ternan
Arbroath Victoria4 – 4Crossgates Primrose

Replays

Home team Score Away team
Dunbar United3 – 3
(4 – 3 p.)		Thornton Hibs
Bellshill Athletic1 – 6Bo'ness United
Glenafton Athletic3 – 1Broxburn Athletic
Crossgates Primrose1 – 3Arbroath Victoria

Second round

The second round draw took place at Bellsdale Park, Beith, on 1 October 2016.[4]

Home team Score Away team
Forfar Albion0 – 11Blackburn United
Downfield1 – 0Nairn St Ninian
Yoker Athletic2 – 3Irvine Victoria
Dundee North End5 – 0Wishaw Juniors
Petershill2 – 1Dalkeith Thistle
Tranent Juniors4 – 3Longside
Hall Russell United0 – 2Maybole Juniors
Jeanfield Swifts1 – 0St Andrews United
Pollok4 – 0Glentanar
Carluke Rovers1 – 0Deveronside
Craigmark Burntonians0 – 4Penicuik Athletic
Forfar West End0 – 2Culter
Arbroath Victoria3 – 4Whitburn
Lewis United1 – 3Rosyth
Darvel Juniors1 – 1Ardrossan Winton Rovers
Greenock Juniors2 – 1Vale of Leven
Irvine Meadow4 – 0Oakley United
Burghead Thistle0 – 3Stonehaven
Islavale9 – 0Fochabers
West Calder United0 – 2Arniston Rangers
Lanark United0 – 0Neilston Juniors
Dundee Violet4 – 1Blairgowrie
Johnstone Burgh1 – 2Broughty Athletic
Coupar Angus3 – 5Forth Wanderers
Luncarty4 – 1Fraserburgh United
Kello Rovers1 – 2Carnoustie Panmure
Cumbernauld United2 – 1Rutherglen Glencairn
Kilwinning Rangers0 – 0Arthurlie
Dunbar United5 – 0Kennoway Star Hearts
Lochore Welfare0 – 4Kilsyth Rangers
Kirriemuir Thistle3 – 1Whitletts Victoria
Inverness City3 – 51Scone Thistle
Home team Score Away team
Glenafton Athletic8 – 1Livingston United
Vale of Clyde0 – 3Beith Juniors
Kinnoull1 – 2Glasgow Perthshire
Lochee Harp3 – 5Maryhill
Linlithgow Rose3 – 0Clydebank
Banks O' Dee1 – 0 Kilbirnie Ladeside
Ashfield1 – 1 Stoneyburn
Glenrothes1 – 6Hill of Beath Hawthorn
Newmains United1 – 1Hermes
Fauldhouse United5 – 0St Anthony's
Kelty Hearts6 – 1Aberdeen University
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic3 – 1Rossvale
East End0 – 6Lochee United
East Kilbride Thistle3 – 1Forres Thistle
Port Glasgow1 – 1Thorniewood United
Annbank United1 – 2Auchinleck Talbot
Shettleston2 – 0Montrose Roselea
Edinburgh United3 – 1Dunipace Juniors
Royal Albert1 – 32Larkhall Thistle
Shotts Bon Accord3 – 3Haddington Athletic
Gartcairn Juniors5 – 0Newmachar United
Blantyre Victoria2 – 0Tayport
Dalry Thistle0 – 4Bo'ness United
Benburb5 – 3Dyce Juniors
Colony Park0 – 4Kirkintilloch Rob Roy
Dufftown3 – 2Pumpherston
Maud5 – 1Spey Valley United
Girvan5 – 2Muirkirk Juniors
Renfrew6 – 4Bathgate Thistle
Brechin Victoria1 – 4Sauchie Juniors
Cambuslang Rangers1 – 2Lochgelly Albert
Musselburgh Athletic8 – 4Craigroyston
1 Tie played at Clachnacuddin F.C.
2 Tie played at Larkhall Thistle F.C.[5]

Replays

Home team Score Away team
Ardrossan Winton Rovers1 – 2Darvel Juniors
Neilston Juniors2 – 1Lanark United
Arthurlie1 – 3Kilwinning Rangers
Stoneyburn1 – 2Ashfield
Hermes6 – 0Newmains United
Thorniewood United3 – 1Port Glasgow
Haddington Athletic3 – 3
(3 – 2 p.)		Shotts Bon Accord

Third round

The third round draw took place at the offices of The Scottish Sun newspaper, Glasgow, on 1 November 2016.[6]

Home team Score Away team
East Kilbride Thistle1 – 1Culter
Kirriemuir Thistle1 – 4Hill of Beath Hawthorn
Kilsyth Rangers3 – 0Lochgelly Albert
Penicuik Athletic2 – 0Scone Thistle
Haddington Athletic2 – 1Neilston Juniors
Blackburn United2 – 5Girvan
Thorniewood United1 – 1Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic
Stonehaven1 – 1Greenock Juniors
Luncarty3 – 2Rosyth
Dundee Violet0 – 2Glenafton Athletic
Dundee North End0 – 5Linlithgow Rose
Glasgow Perthshire3 – 4Kirkintilloch Rob Roy
Petershill1 – 0 3Carnoustie Panmure
Banks O' Dee0 – 5Sauchie Juniors
Renfrew1 – 0Arniston Rangers
Dufftown1 – 2Dunbar United
Home team Score Away team
Gartcairn Juniors3 – 0Whitburn
Lochee United2 – 3Musselburgh Athletic
Maybole Juniors2 – 3Benburb
Maryhill2 – 0Forth Wanderers
Blantyre Victoria2 – 2 4Bo'ness United
Darvel Juniors1 – 1Irvine Meadow
Irvine Victoria1 – 2Carluke Rovers
Larkhall Thistle1 – 2Fauldhouse United
Kilwinning Rangers5 – 2Shettleston
Beith Juniors9 – 0Islavale
Downfield1 – 5Broughty Athletic
Kelty Hearts7 – 1Ashfield
Pollok1 – 1Auchinleck Talbot
Edinburgh United2 – 1Maud
Jeanfield Swifts2 – 3Hermes
Cumbernauld United2 – 1Tranent Juniors
3 Tie played at St Anthony's F.C.
4 Tie played at Hamilton Academical F.C.[7]

Replays

Home team Score Away team
Irvine Meadow5 – 3Darvel Juniors
Auchinleck Talbot4 – 0Pollok
Bo'ness United2 – 2
(3 – 4 p.)		Blantyre Victoria
Culter1 – 3East Kilbride Thistle
Greenock Juniors3 – 2Stonehaven
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic4 – 0Thorniewood United

Fourth round

The fourth round draw took place at the offices of Evening Times newspaper, Glasgow, on 30 November 2016.[8]

Home team Score Away team
Kilsyth Rangers2 – 2 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic
Cumbernauld United1 – 3Luncarty
Carluke Rovers1 – 0 Irvine Meadow
Beith Juniors0 – 1Auchinleck Talbot
Renfrew2 – 0Greenock Juniors
Broughty Athletic0 – 4Sauchie Juniors
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy2 – 15Musselburgh Athletic
Fauldhouse United0 – 0Maryhill
East Kilbride Thistle0 – 4 Glenafton Athletic
Girvan1 – 3 Penicuik Athletic
Gartcairn Juniors1 – 1Hermes
Kelty Hearts5 – 0Hill of Beath Hawthorn
Petershill7 – 16Haddington Athletic
Dunbar United3 – 1 Benburb
Edinburgh United0 – 2 Kilwinning Rangers
Linlithgow Rose4 – 0 Blantyre Victoria
5 Tie played at Benburb F.C.
6 Tie played at St Anthony's F.C.

Replays

Home team Score Away team
Maryhill1 – 1
(5 – 3 p.)		Fauldhouse United
Hermes2 – 2
(4 – 5 p.)		Gartcairn Juniors
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic3 - 0Kilsyth Rangers

Fifth round

The fifth round draw took place at Glasgow City Chambers, on 31 January 2017.[9]

Home team Score Away team
Maryhill2 – 47Linlithgow Rose
Dunbar United0 – 3Glenafton Athletic
Penicuik Athletic3 – 4Kirkintilloch Rob Roy
Auchinleck Talbot4 – 0 Luncarty
Kelty Hearts1 – 2Kilwinning Rangers
Gartcairn Juniors2 – 2Carluke Rovers
Renfrew2 – 4Sauchie Juniors
Petershill0 – 2Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic
7 Tie played at St Anthony's F.C.

Replay

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was made on 28 February 2017.[10]

Home team Score Away team
Auchinleck Talbot2 – 0Kilwinning Rangers
Glenafton Athletic1 – 0Sauchie Juniors
Linlithgow Rose7 – 0Gartcairn Juniors
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic2 – 0Kirkintilloch Rob Roy

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals took place on 28 March 2017.[11]

First leg

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Second leg

Glenafton Athletic win 1–0 on aggregate.----Auchinleck Talbot win 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

The Final of The ETHX Energy Junior Cup was played at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock on Sunday 4 June with a 4.15pm kick off. The game was televised live by BBC ALBA.

1 Andrew Leishman
2 Willie Lyle
3 Ross Harvey
4 Martin McGoldrick
5 Steven White
6 Stephen Wilson
7 Bryan Young
8 Craig McCracken
9 Keir Milliken
10 Graham Wilson
11 Dwayne Hyslop
Substitutes:
12 Dylan Pooler
14
15Klark Thompson
16Neill McPherson
17 Dylan Stevenson
Manager:
Tommy Sloan
1 Brian McGarrity
2 Kyle McAusland
3 Alan Cairns
4 Craig Menzies
5 Ryan McChesney
6 Ally Park
7 Dan Orsi
8 Cameron Marlow
9 Michael McCann
10 Chris Dallas
11 Darren McGill
Substitutes:
19 Blair Lochhead
12 David Gray
14 Joe Andrew
15 John Carter
16 Connor Lyness
Manager:
Craig McEwan

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Junior clubs enter Scottish Cup . . 1 June 2007 . 29 June 2016.
  2. Web site: Junior Cup dates 2016/17. Scottish Junior Football Association. 29 June 2016. 29 June 2016.
  3. Scottishjuniorfa . scottishjuniors. 763382100171038720 . 10 August 2016. Junior Cup draw . 10 August 2016 .
  4. Scottishjuniorfa . scottishjuniors. 780469633052794880 . 26 September 2016. The draw for the 2nd round of the Scottish Junior Cup . 1 October 2016 .
  5. News: Scottish Junior Cup - 2nd round Changes. 29 October 2016. www.scottishfa.co.uk. 14 October 2016.
  6. News: Talbot drawn to face Pollok in tie of the Scottish Junior Cup third round. 1 November 2016. Daily Record. 1 November 2016.
  7. News: Bell. David. Blantyre Vics fight back to grab a draw against Bo'ness, and they're confident of winning the replay. 9 December 2016. Daily Record. 2 December 2016.
  8. Scottishjuniorfa . scottishjuniors. 799375604357267456 . 17 November 2016. The 4th Rd Scottish Junior Cup draw . 20 November 2016 .
  9. Web site: Junior Cup 5th Round Draw. www.scottishfa.co.uk. The Scottish Football Association. 31 January 2017. en-gb. 31 January 2017.
  10. Scottish Junior FA . scottishjuniors. 833716118078504961 . The draw for the quarter-finals of the Scottish Junior Cup. 18 March 2017 .
  11. News: Wilson. Fraser. Junior Cup semi final draw. 28 March 2017. Daily Record. 28 March 2017.

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