Scottish Junior Cup

The Scottish Junior Cup is a competition organised by the Scottish Junior Football Association. As of the 2006-07 season, 163 teams are registered to take part in the competition. However, a handful of Junior clubs have gone into abeyance, or left outright, during the summer of 2007 and the number may drop to around 160 for season 2007-2008.

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 76,314 for the 1951 final between Petershill and Auchinleck Talbot.

From 2006-07 season the Winners of the Junior Cup Final will gain qualification to the First Round of the following season's Scottish Cup for senior football clubs.

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 became 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.

cottish Junior Cup 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

External links

* [http://www.scottish-juniors.co.uk/ Scottish Junior Football Association]
* [http://www.ersjfa.com/ Scottish Junior Football Association East Region]