The 2011–12 Scottish Youth Cup was the 29th season of the Scottish Youth Cup, Scotland's national cup tournament at under-19 age level. The competition is administered by the Scottish Football Association and is open to all Senior clubs.
Celtic won the tournament for a third successive season after defeating Queen of the South by a record 8–0 margin in the final.
Calendar The ties for the 2011–12 competition are scheduled as below:
Round Match date Fixtures Clubs First Round Sunday 11 September 2011 5 53 → 48 Second Round Sunday 9 October 2011 16 48 → 32 Third Round Sunday 13 November 2011 16 32 → 16 Fourth Round Sunday 11 December 2011 8 16 → 8 Quarter-finals Sunday 12 February 2012 4 8 → 4 Semi-finals Sunday 25 March 2012 2 4 → 2 Final Monday 23 April 2012 1 2 → 1
Format First Round - 37 teams are divided by geographical area. 21 teams go into the Central Group, 10 into the North Group and 6 into the South Group.The required number of ties are drawn to reduce the number of teams in the Second Round to 32. The rest of teams receive byes into the Second Round. Second Round - 5 winners from the First Round join 27 teams, who received byes in the previous round. Third Round - 16 winners from the Second Round join the 16 seeded teams, who enter at this stage by virtue of having reached the Fourth Round of last years competition. Fourth Round - 16 winners from the Third Round. Quarter-finals - 8 winners from the Fourth Round. Semi-finals - 4 winners of the Quarter-finals. Final - 2 winners of the Semi-finals.
Fixtures & Results The draws for the First and Second Rounds were conducted on 22 July 2011.
First round
Central Group Alloa Athletic, Berwick Rangers, Brechin City, Cowdenbeath, Dundee, Dundee United, East Fife, East Stirlingshire, Edinburgh City, Forfar Athletic, Greenock Morton, Motherwell, Queen's Park, St Johnstone and Stirling Albion receive byes into the Second Round.
Home team Score Away teamPartick Thistle1 – 2Dunfermline AthleticSpartans4 – 3DumbartonArbroath8 – 0Civil Service StrollersSource: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/default.stm
North Group Clachnacuddin, Cove Rangers, Fort William, Fraserburgh, Peterhead and Ross County receive byes into the Second Round.
Home team Score Away teamHuntly1 – 11Inverness Caledonian ThistleKeith5 – 1Inverurie Loco WorksSource: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/default.stm
South Group No First Round ties were drawn in this group.Annan Athletic, Gala Fairydean, Kilmarnock, Queen of the South, St Cuthbert Wanderers and Stranraer receive byes into the Second Round.
Second round
Central Group Home team Score Away teamDundee United2 – 0Edinburgh CitySt Johnstone6 – 0SpartansDunfermline Athletic7 – 1East StirlingshireMotherwell1 – 0ArbroathGreenock Morton4 – 1Forfar AthleticQueen's Park0 – 3East FifeBrechin City4 – 1DundeeAlloa Athletic1 – 2Berwick RangersCowdenbeath1 – 3 Stirling AlbionSource: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/default.stm
North Group Home team Score Away teamInverness Caledonian Thistle3 – 1KeithFraserburgh0 – 3PeterheadCove Rangers3 – 2 Ross CountyFort William6 – 0ClachnacuddinSource: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/default.stm
South Group Home team Score Away teamGala Fairydean1 – 0StranraerQueen of the South7 – 1St Cuthbert WanderersAnnan Athletic1 – 7KilmarnockSource: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/default.stm
Third round Seeded clubs for the Third Round are Aberdeen, Airdrie United, Ayr United, Celtic, Clyde, Coldstream, Falkirk, Hamilton Academical, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Livingston, Montrose, Raith Rovers, Rangers, St Mirren and Stenhousemuir.
The Third Round draw was made by Stewart Regan on 18 October 2011.
Home team Score Away teamStenhousemuir3 – 2 Raith RoversInverness Caledonian Thistle2 – 0 East FifeDunfermline Athletic4 – 2St JohnstoneLivingston5 – 1PeterheadFort William0 – 2FalkirkBerwick Rangers2 – 3Queen of the SouthCeltic5 – 0KilmarnockBrechin City1 – 3Ayr UnitedSt Mirren5 – 0Stirling AlbionGreenock Morton5 – 1ClydeRangers1 – 3 Dundee UnitedGala Fairydean0 – 14AberdeenCove Rangers1 – 2MontroseHibernian2 – 1 Heart of MidlothianColdstream1 – 1 (1 – 3 pens)Airdrie UnitedMotherwell2 – 3Hamilton Academical
Fourth round The Fourth round draw was conducted on 16 November 2011. Home team Score Away teamAberdeen4 – 2Hamilton AcademicalSt Mirren3 – 0HibernianLivingston6 – 1Airdrie UnitedAyr United4 – 2 Inverness Caledonian ThistleMontrose0 – 4StenhousemuirFalkirk1 – 2 Dundee UnitedCeltic5 - 0Dunfermline AthleticGreenock Morton2 – 3 Queen of the South
Quarter-finals The draw for the Quarter-finals was made on 12 December 2011.
Home team Score Away teamLivingston2 – 4Dundee UnitedSt Mirren2 – 1StenhousemuirQueen of the South2 – 1Ayr UnitedAberdeen1 – 4Celtic
Semi-finals The draw for the Semi-finals took place at Hampden Park on 15 February 2012.
Final
External links Official site
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