The 2016–17 Scottish Junior Cup is the 131st season of the Scottish Junior Cup, the national knockout tournament for member clubs of the Scottish Junior Football Association. The competition is sponsored by ETHX Energy and is known as The ETHX Energy Scottish Junior Cup.[1] The winner of this competition is eligible to enter the following seasons Scottish Cup at the preliminary round stage.[2]
Calendar
The provisional dates for each round of the 2016–17 tournament are as follows:[3]
Round | Date | Matches | Clubs | New entries this round |
First Round | 24 September 2016 | 31 | 153 → 122 | 153 |
Second Round | 22 October 2016 | 64 | 128 → 64 | 6 |
Third Round | 19 November 2016 | 32 | 64 → 32 | none |
Fourth Round | 21 January 2017 | 16 | 32 → 16 | none |
Fifth Round | 18 February 2017 | 8 | 16 → 8 | none |
Quarter-finals | 18 March 2017 | 4 | 8 → 4 | none |
Semi-finals | 15/16 & 22/23 April 2017 | 4 | 4 → 2 | none |
Final | 4 June 2017 | 1 | 2 → 1 | none |
Drawn matches are replayed the following weekend. Replays ending in a draw proceed direct to penalty shootout. Semi-finals are played home and away over two legs, subject to decision by the SJFA management committee.
First round
The six 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 25 August 2016.[4]
Replays
Second round
The second round draw took place at Bellsdale Park, Beith, on 1 October 2016.[5]
1 Tie played at Clachnacuddin F.C.
2 Tie played at Larkhall Thistle F.C.[6]
Replays
Third round
The third round draw took place at the offices of The Scottish Sun newspaper, Glasgow, on 1 November 2016.[7]
3 Tie played at St Anthony's F.C.
4 Tie played at Hamilton Academical F.C.[8]
Replays
Fourth round
The fourth round draw took place at the offices of Evening Times newspaper, Glasgow, on 30 November 2016.[9]
5 Tie played at Benburb F.C.
6 Tie played at St Anthony's F.C.
Replays
Fifth round
The fifth round draw took place at Glasgow City Chambers, on 31 January 2017.[10]
7 Tie played at St Anthony's F.C.
Replay
Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals was made on 28 February 2017.[11]
Semi-finals
The draw for the semi finals took place on 28 March 2017.[12]
First leg
Second leg
Glenafton Athletic win 1–0 on aggregate.
Auchinleck Talbot win 1–0 on aggregate.
Final
The Final of The ETHX Energy 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.
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| 1 | Andrew Leishman |
| 2 | Willie Lyle |
| 3 | Ross Harvey |
| 4 | Martin McGoldrick |
| 5 | Steven White |
| 6 | Stephen Wilson |
| 7 | Bryan Young |
| 8 | Craig McCracken 77' |
| 9 | Keir Milliken |
| 10 | Graham Wilson |
| 11 | Dwayne Hyslop |
Substitutes: |
| 12 | Dylan Pooler |
| 14 | Mark Shankland 77' |
| 15 | Klark Thompson |
| 16 | Neill McPherson |
| 17 | Dylan Stevenson |
Manager: |
Tommy Sloan |
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| 1 | Brian McGarrity |
| 2 | Kyle McAusland |
| 3 | Alan Cairns |
| 4 | Craig Menzies |
| 5 | Ryan McChesney |
| 6 | Ally Park |
| 7 | Dan Orsi |
| 8 | Cameron Marlow |
| 9 | Michael McCann 68' |
| 10 | Chris Dallas 81' |
| 11 | Darren McGill 73' |
Substitutes: |
| 19 | Blair Lochhead |
| 12 | David Gray |
| 14 | Joe Andrew 68' |
| 15 | John Carter 81' |
| 16 | Connor Lyness 73' |
Manager: |
Craig McEwan |
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