The 2012–13 Scottish Junior Cup was the 127th season of the Scottish Junior Cup, the national knockout tournament for member clubs of the Scottish Junior Football Association. The competition was sponsored by Emirates and is known as The Emirates Junior Cup for sponsorship purposes. The winner of this competition was eligible to enter the following season's Scottish Cup at the first round stage.
A total of 163 clubs entered, one fewer than the previous season. Dropping out were Stonehouse Violet, who had folded and Dufftown, who are in abeyance. Scone Thistle returned to the tournament after taking one season out of the game.
The five Junior clubs qualified for this season's Scottish Cup, were not included in the draw for the first round. These were the three Superleague champions: Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic (East), Hermes (North) and Irvine Meadow (West); the Scottish Junior Cup winners Shotts Bon Accord, and Girvan who qualify automatically as a full member of the Scottish Football Association.
Calendar The scheduled dates for each round of the 2012–13 tournament were as follows:
Round Date Matches Clubs New entries this round First Round 22 September 2012 35 158 → 123 158 Second Round 20 October 2012 64 128 → 64 5 Third Round 17 November 2012 32 64 → 32 none Fourth round 19 January 2013 16 32 → 16 none Fifth round 16 February 2013 8 16 → 8 none Quarter-finals 16 March 2013 4 8 → 4 none Semifinals 13/14 & 20/21 April 2013 4 4 → 2 none Final 2 June 2013 1 2 → 1 none
Drawn matches are replayed the following weekend. Replays ending in a draw proceed direct to penalty shootout. Semifinals are played home and away over two legs, subject to decision by the SJFA management committee.
First round The first round draw took place at the Scottish Football Museum, Hampden Park, Glasgow on 22 August 2012.
Home team Score Away teamCrossgates Primrose0 – 5 Cumnock JuniorsMuirkirk0 – 6 Yoker AthleticLesmahagow0 – 1 Bellshill AthleticDunbar United4 – 4 Penicuik AthleticPort Glasgow7 – 1 East EndSunnybank2 – 2Lossiemouth UnitedFochabers4 – 91Larkhall ThistleTroon0 – 4 Kilwinning RangersBo'ness United5 – 2Whitletts VictoriaColony Park1 – 6 Fauldhouse UnitedFraserburgh United1 – 4 Lochgelly AlbertArbroath Victoria1 – 4 Kelty HeartsTayport1 – 0 West Calder UnitedBroughty Athletic0 – 3 Armadale ThistleHarthill Royal0 – 8 WhitburnCambuslang Rangers0 – 6 PollokKirkcaldy YM2 – 6 Thorniewood UnitedBishopmill United2 – 7 LongsideHome team Score Away teamFC Stoneywood4 – 2 Tranent JuniorsGlasgow Perthshire0 – 2 PetershillSt. Roch's0 – 6 Jeanfield SwiftsSt Andrews United3 – 2 SpartansVale of Clyde0 – 2 AshfieldNewmachar United0 – 1 Lugar Boswell ThistleOakley United7 – 3DarvelBlantyre Victoria1 – 1 Lochee UnitedRenfrew2 – 0 Lewis UnitedBurghead Thistle2 – 0 MayboleBuckie Rovers3 – 0 New ElginBeith Juniors8 – 0 Bankfoot AthleticNewmains United2 – 12 East CraigieCraigmark Burntonians1 – 3 St. Anthony'sKello Rovers1 – 7 Hill of Beath HawthornLochore Welfare2 – 0 NewburghBathgate Thistle0 – 4 Clydebank
1 Tie played at New Elgin F.C.2 Tie played at Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility
Replays Home team Score Away teamLochee United2 – 0Blantyre VictoriaLossiemouth United3 – 1SunnybankPenicuik Athletic3 – 1Dunbar United
Second round The second round draw took place at the Shotts Bon Accord Social Club, Shotts on 30 September 2012.
Home team Score Away teamBo'ness United11 – 1Portgordon VictoriaMusselburgh Athletic5 – 0Bridge of Don ThistleGlentanar3 – 6Blackburn UnitedCulter4 – 0Thornton HibsKilsyth Rangers2 – 1Irvine VictoriaWhitburn1 – 6Newtongrange StarBonnyrigg Rose Athletic4 – 1MaudEllon United1 – 2East Kilbride ThistleSteelend Victoria3 – 0 Lossiemouth UnitedKelty Hearts4 – 0 RenfrewRossvale0 – 2 Ardeer ThistleKirriemuir Thistle4 – 2Banks O' DeeEdinburgh United3 – 0Scone ThistleCarnoustie Panmure0 – 2Dundonald BluebellBlairgowrie5 – 1Nairn St. NinianFauldhouse United8 – 0Lochee HarpLugar Boswell Thistle1 – 3Yoker AthleticInverness City3 – 23DownfieldBellshill Athletic2 – 0Largs ThistleArthurlie2 – 1Broxburn AthleticHurlford United1 – 3Rutherglen GlencairnDeveronside3 – 1Lochore WelfareGirvan0 – 3 Penicuik AthleticJeanfield Swifts0 – 0Port GlasgowAshfield3 – 0Arniston RangersDundee Violet5 – 3Kilbirnie LadesideDyce Juniors1 – 0Hill of Beath HawthornCarluke Rovers1 – 1KinnoullLanark United0 – 3Forth WanderersLochgelly Albert0 – 2Johnstone BurghBallingry Rovers0 – 0Sauchie JuniorsRAF Lossiemouth0 – 13Camelon JuniorsHome team Score Away teamForfar West End2 – 1Buckie RoversGlenrothes1 – 1BenburbBuchanhaven Hearts2 – 1FC StoneywoodArdrossan Winton Rovers0 – 9Linlithgow RoseLochee United4 – 1Kilwinning RangersThorniewood United4 – 1Dundee North EndRoyal Albert2 – 4 Montrose RoseleaGlenafton Athletic3 – 2ClydebankShettleston4 – 1Cruden BayGreenock Juniors6 – 1Forres ThistlePumpherston3 – 2 WhitehillsFalkirk Juniors1 – 4HermesCumnock Juniors5 – 0Larkhall ThistleOakley United3 – 1StonehavenDunipace Juniors0 – 0 Livingston UnitedBrechin Victoria1 – 2Coupar AngusArmadale Thistle2 – 1 Hall Russell UnitedLongside1 – 1St. Anthony'sVale of Leven0 – 2Irvine MeadowHaddington Athletic0 – 4Shotts Bon AccordIslavale4 – 0LuncartyTayport1 – 0Annbank UnitedDalry Thistle0 – 4Cumbernauld UnitedBurghead Thistle1 – 11Kirkintilloch Rob RoyParkvale1 – 2St Andrews UnitedForfar Albion1 – 5Saltcoats VictoriaPollok2 – 1Neilston JuniorsAuchinleck Talbot6 – 1Dalkeith ThistleBanchory St. Ternan4 – 5RosythStoneyburn1 – 1MaryhillPetershill3 – 0Newmains UnitedWishaw1 – 4 Beith Juniors 3 Tie played at Nairn St. Ninian F.C.
Replays Home team Score Away teamPort Glasgow1 – 6Jeanfield SwiftsKinnoull1 – 0Carluke RoversSauchie Juniors2 – 1Ballingry RoversSt. Anthony's3 – 1LongsideBenburb4 – 2GlenrothesLivingston United2 – 1 Dunipace JuniorsMaryhill1 – 0Stoneyburn
Third round The third round draw took place at the offices of the Sun newspaper, Glasgow, on 6 November 2012.
Home team Score Away teamArmadale Thistle2 – 5Kirkintilloch Rob RoyRosyth4 – 0Brechin VictoriaKelty Hearts2 – 14Penicuik AthleticBenburb4 – 2Saltcoats VictoriaCamelon Juniors3 – 3Thorniewood UnitedGreenock Juniors2 – 4Shotts Bon AccordDundonald Bluebell2 – 1Oakley UnitedCumnock Juniors6 – 0IslavaleJohnstone Burgh7 – 1Buchanhaven HeartsBonnyrigg Rose Athletic3 – 6PetershillBeith Juniors2 – 1Sauchie JuniorsMontrose Roselea3 – 1MaryhillShettleston3 – 1TayportDyce Juniors1 – 6Lochee UnitedLinlithgow Rose3 – 1Fauldhouse UnitedGlenafton Athletic0 – 1PollokHome team Score Away teamPumpherston4 – 3Inverness CityCumbernauld United0 – 0Forfar West EndCulter7 – 2Edinburgh UnitedAshfield0 – 1Ardeer ThistleDundee Violet5 – 0Livingston UnitedSt. Anthony's1 – 4Irvine MeadowSt Andrews United0 – 3Jeanfield SwiftsMusselburgh Athletic4 – 0Bellshill AthleticYoker Athletic2 – 1Forth WanderersHermes1 – 2Bo'ness UnitedNewtongrange Star0 – 1 Auchinleck TalbotSteelend Victoria1 – 65ArthurlieDeveronside0 – 6Rutherglen GlencairnKirriemuir Thistle1 – 4Kilsyth RangersEast Kilbride Thistle0 – 46 KinnoullBlackburn United3 – 2Blairgowrie
4 Tie played at Oakley United F.C.5 Tie played at Arthurlie F.C.6 Tie played at Kinnoull F.C.
Replays Home team Score Away teamThorniewood United2 – 37Camelon JuniorsForfar West End1 – 48Cumbernauld United
7 Tie played at Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility8 Tie played at Forfar Athletic F.C.
Fourth round The fourth round draw took place at the offices of the Evening Times newspaper, Glasgow, on 27 November 2012.
Home team Score Away teamBlackburn United0 – 1Rutherglen GlencairnYoker Athletic 0 – 2 Camelon JuniorsLochee United1 – 0Ardeer ThistlePollok 3 – 2Beith JuniorsIrvine Meadow 2 – 2ShettlestonShotts Bon Accord2 – 1BenburbMusselburgh Athletic3 – 3PumpherstonKelty Hearts2 – 0Cumbernauld UnitedJohnstone Burgh0 – 2Dundonald BluebellAuchinleck Talbot 7 – 0 PetershillArthurlie 2 – 4 Linlithgow RoseMontrose Roselea1 – 1Jeanfield SwiftsKinnoull0 – 0Kilsyth RangersDundee Violet1 – 1Bo'ness UnitedCulter4 – 5Cumnock JuniorsKirkintilloch Rob Roy5 – 0Rosyth
Replays Home team Score Away teamJeanfield Swifts5 – 0Montrose RoseleaShettleston0 – 1Irvine MeadowPumpherston3 – 0Musselburgh AthleticKilsyth Rangers4 – 1KinnoullBo'ness United4 – 1Dundee Violet
Fifth round The fifth round draw took place on the Clyde 1 football phone-in show, on 7 February 2013.
Home team Score Away teamDundonald Bluebell0 – 3Camelon JuniorsKirkintilloch Rob Roy 2 – 3Bo'ness UnitedLochee United1 – 3 Auchinleck TalbotPollok0 – 1Shotts Bon AccordIrvine Meadow0 – 1Cumnock JuniorsRutherglen Glencairn3 – 2PumpherstonLinlithgow Rose3 – 1Jeanfield SwiftsKelty Hearts2 – 0Kilsyth Rangers
Quarter-finals The draw for the quarter-finals took place on the Central 103.1 FM football phone-in show, on 26 February 2013.
Home team Score Away teamLinlithgow Rose4 – 1Bo'ness UnitedRutherglen Glencairn3 – 1Camelon JuniorsCumnock Juniors3 – 5Shotts Bon AccordKelty Hearts0 – 49Auchinleck Talbot 9 Tie played at Ballingry Rovers F.C.
Semifinals The draw for the semifinals took place at Mar Hall, Erskine on 24 March 2013, at a training base of the Scotland national football team.
First leg
Second leg
Final
1 Andy Leishman 2 Willie Lyle 3 Gordon Pope 4 Craig Pettigrew 5 Martin McGoldrick 6 Colin Spence 7 Bryan Young 8 Steven White 9 Graham Wilson 10 Keir Milliken 11 James LattaSubstitutes: 12 David Gormley 14 Michael McCann 15 Kyle Faulds 16 Gavin Collins 17 Brian McGarrityManager: Tommy Sloan 1 David Hay 2 Billy Gibson 3 Adam Nelson 4 Jamie McKenzie 5 John Ovenstone 6 Ruari MacLennan 7 Stuart McArthur 8 Andy Shirra 9 Gordon Herd 10 Tommy Coyne 11 Roddy MacLennan Substitutes: 12 Mark Tyrrell 14 Colin Strickland 15 Calum Smith 16 Stephen Manson 18 David ScottManager: Mark Bradley
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