Football tournament season
2017–18 Scottish Junior CupTournament details |
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Country | Scotland |
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Teams | 157 |
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Defending champions | Glenafton Athletic |
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Final positions |
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Champions | Auchinleck Talbot |
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Runner-up | Hurlford United |
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Tournament statistics |
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Matches played | 150 |
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Goals scored | 659 (4.39 per match) |
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All statistics correct as of 27 May 2018. |
The 2017–18 Scottish Junior Cup was the 132nd season of the Scottish Junior Cup, the national knockout tournament for member clubs of the Scottish Junior Football Association (SJFA). 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 2017–18 tournament are as follows:[2]
Round | Date | Matches | Clubs | New entries this round |
First Round | 23 September 2017 | 29 | 157 → 128 | 153 |
Second Round | 28 October 2017 | 64 | 128 → 64 | 4 |
Third Round | 25 November 2017 | 32 | 64 → 32 | none |
Fourth round | 20 January 2018 | 16 | 32 → 16 | none |
Fifth round | 17 February 2018 | 8 | 16 → 8 | none |
Quarter-finals | 17 March 2018 | 4 | 8 → 4 | none |
Semi-finals | 14-15 and 21-22 April 2018 | 4 | 4 → 2 | none |
Final | 27 May 2018 | 1 | 2 → 1 | none |
Drawn matches are replayed and replays that end in a draw proceed direct to a penalty shootout, there is no extra time. Semi-finals are played home and away over two legs with the winner on aggregate progressing to the final. If the aggregate score is tied at the end of the second leg, the match will also proceed direct to a penalty shootout.
First round
The four junior clubs qualified for this season's Scottish Cup, are not included in the draw for the first round:
The first round draw took place at Hampden Park, Glasgow on 22 August 2017 and was made by SJFA president Felix McKenna and Linlithgow Rose club president Les Donaldson.[3][4]
- Notes
Replays
Second round
The second round draw took place at Hampden Park, Glasgow on 4 October 2017 at 2pm.[6]
- Notes
Replays
Third round
- Notes
Replays
- Notes
Fourth round
Replay
Fifth round
Quarter-finals
Replay
Semifinals
The draw for the semi-finals took place on 29 March 2018.
First leg
Second leg
Hurlford United won 2–1 on aggregate
Auchinleck Talbot won 2–1 on aggregate
Final
The Final of the Scottish 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.
Attendance: 4,874
Referee: Lloyd Wilson
References
- ^ "Junior clubs enter Scottish Cup". BBC Sport. 1 June 2007. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ "Junior Cup dates 2017-18". Scottish Junior Football Association. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ Scottish Junior FA [@scottishjuniors] (21 August 2017). "Junior Cup draw" (Tweet). Retrieved 23 August 2017 – via Twitter.
- ^ Scottish Junior FA [@scottishjuniors] (22 August 2017). "Junior Cup draw" (Tweet). Retrieved 23 August 2017 – via Twitter.
- ^ Scottish Junior FA [@scottishjuniors] (22 September 2017). "Kilwinning Rangers v Saltcoats Victoria" (Tweet). Retrieved 22 September 2017 – via Twitter.
- ^ Scottish Junior FA [@scottishjuniors] (3 October 2017). "Junior Cup draw" (Tweet). Retrieved 4 October 2017 – via Twitter.
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