Scottish Junior Cup

Scottish Junior Cup

Founded	1886
Region	Scotland (Scottish Junior Football Association)
Number of teams	161
Current champions	Auchinleck Talbot
Most successful club(s)	Auchinleck Talbot (11 wins)
2015–16 Scottish Junior Cup

The Scottish Junior Cup, known as The Emirates Junior Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an annual football competition organised by the Scottish Junior Football Association for all its member clubs. The competition has been held every year since the inception of the SJFA in 1886 and, as of the 2011–12 season, 164 teams are registered to take part. 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.

From the 2006–07 season, the winners of the Junior Cup Final will gain qualification to the First Round of the following seasons Scottish Cup for Senior football clubs.

Auchinleck Talbot are the current holders, defeating Musselburgh Athletic 2–1 on Sunday, 7 June 2015 at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock.

Cup history

The Cup has been competed for since the 1886–87 season, when Fairfield Govan became the first winners of the competition. The SJFA purchased an exact replica in 2007, to replace the original which was showing its age.

The record attendance for a Junior Cup Final is 77,650 for the 1951 final between Petershill and Irvine Meadow XI.

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 Demerara Rum company, who, 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 will 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 wss sponsored by Emirates Airline between 2009 and 2013.

Winners

• 1886–87: Fairfield Govan
• 1887–88: Wishaw Thistle
• 1888–89: Burnbank Swifts
• 1889–90: Burnbank Swifts
• 1890–91: Vale of Clyde
• 1891–92: Minerva
• 1892–93: Vale of Clyde
• 1893–94: Ashfield
• 1894–95: Ashfield
• 1895–96: Cambuslang Hibs
• 1896–97: Strathclyde
• 1897–98: Dalziel Rovers
• 1898–99: Parkhead
• 1899–00: Maryhill
• 1900–01: Burnbank Athletic
• 1901–02: Rutherglen Glencairn
• 1902–03: Parkhead
• 1903–04: Vale of Clyde
• 1904–05: Ashfield
• 1905–06: Dunipace
• 1906–07: Strathclyde
• 1907–08: Larkhall Thistle
• 1908–09: Kilwinning Rangers
• 1909–10: Ashfield
• 1910–11: Burnbank Athletic
• 1911–12: Petershill
• 1912–13: Inverkeithing Thistle
• 1913–14: Larkhall Thistle
• 1914–15: Parkhead
• 1915–16: Petershill
• 1916–17: St. Mirren Juniors
• 1917–18: Petershill
• 1918–19: Rutherglen Glencairn
• 1919–20: Parkhead
• 1920–21: Kirkintilloch Rob Roy
• 1921–22: St. Roch's
• 1922–23: Musselburgh Bruntonians
• 1923–24: Parkhead
• 1924–25: Saltcoats Victoria
• 1925–26: Strathclyde
• 1926–27: Rutherglen Glencairn
• 1927–28: Maryhill Hibs
• 1928–29: Dundee Violet
• 1929–30: Newtongrange Star
• 1930–31: Denny Hibs
• 1931–32: Glasgow Perthshire
• 1932–33: Yoker Athletic
• 1933–34: Benburb
• 1934–35: Tranent
• 1935–36: Benburb
• 1936–37: Arthurlie
• 1937–38: Cambuslang Rangers
• 1938–39: Rutherglen Glencairn
• 1939–40: Maryhill
• 1940–41: Glasgow Perthshire
• 1941–42: Clydebank
• 1942–43: Kirkintilloch Rob Roy
• 1943–44: Glasgow Perthshire
• 1944–45: Burnbank Athletic
• 1945–46: Fauldhouse United
• 1946–47: Shawfield
• 1947–48: Bo'ness United
• 1948–49: Auchinleck Talbot
• 1949–50: Blantyre Victoria
• 1950–51: Petershill
• 1951–52: Kilbirnie Ladeside
• 1952–53: Vale of Leven
• 1953–54: Sunnybank
• 1954–55: Kilsyth Rangers
• 1955–56: Petershill
• 1956–57: Banks O' Dee
• 1957–58: Shotts Bon Accord
• 1958–59: Irvine Meadow
• 1959–60: St. Andrews United
• 1960–61: Dunbar United
• 1961–62: Kirkintilloch Rob Roy
• 1962–63: Irvine Meadow
• 1963–64: Johnstone Burgh
• 1964–65: Linlithgow Rose
• 1965–66: Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic
• 1966–67: Kilsyth Rangers
• 1967–68: Johnstone Burgh
• 1968–69: Cambuslang Rangers
• 1969–70: Blantyre Victoria
• 1970–71: Cambuslang Rangers
• 1971–72: Cambuslang Rangers
• 1972–73: Irvine Meadow
• 1973–74: Cambuslang Rangers
• 1974–75: Glenrothes
• 1975–76: Bo'ness United
• 1976–77: Kilbirnie Ladeside
• 1977–78: Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic
• 1978–79: Cumnock Juniors
• 1979–80: Baillieston
• 1980–81: Pollok
• 1981–82: Blantyre Victoria
• 1982–83: East Kilbride Thistle
• 1983–84: Bo'ness United
• 1984–85: Pollok
• 1985–86: Auchinleck Talbot
• 1986–87: Auchinleck Talbot
• 1987–88: Auchinleck Talbot
• 1988–89: Cumnock Juniors
• 1989–90: Hill of Beath Hawthorn
• 1990–91: Auchinleck Talbot
• 1991–92: Auchinleck Talbot
• 1992–93: Glenafton Athletic
• 1993–94: Largs Thistle
• 1994–95: Camelon
• 1995–96: Tayport
• 1996–97: Pollok
• 1997–98: Arthurlie
• 1998–99: Kilwinning Rangers
• 1999–00: Whitburn
• 2000–01: Renfrew
• 2001–02: Linlithgow Rose
• 2002–03: Tayport
• 2003–04: Carnoustie Panmure
• 2004–05: Tayport
• 2005–06: Auchinleck Talbot
• 2006–07: Linlithgow Rose
• 2007–08: Bathgate Thistle
• 2008–09: Auchinleck Talbot
• 2009–10: Linlithgow Rose
• 2010–11: Auchinleck Talbot
• 2011–12: Shotts Bon Accord
• 2012–13: Auchinleck Talbot
• 2013–14: Hurlford United
• 2014–15: Auchinleck Talbot

External links

• Scottish Junior Football Association
• Scottish Junior Football Association East Region