Football tournament season
The 2013–14 Scottish Junior Cup was the 128th season of the Scottish Junior Cup , the national knockout tournament for member clubs of the Scottish Junior Football Association . The winner of this competition is eligible to enter the following season's Scottish Cup at the first round stage.[ 1]
A total of 160 clubs entered, three fewer than the previous season. Dropping out were Bankfoot Athletic , Bishopmill United and Lossiemouth United , who were in abeyance, RAF Lossiemouth , who were playing in welfare football, and Spartans , who had transferred their Junior side to the East of Scotland League . New member Kennoway Star Hearts made their debut in the competition, while Dufftown returned to the tournament after a period of abeyance.
The four Junior clubs qualified for this season's Scottish Cup , were not included in the draw for the first round. These were the East Superleague champions Linlithgow Rose , North Superleague champions Culter , West Super League champions and reigning Junior Cup holders Auchinleck Talbot and Girvan who qualify automatically as a full member of the Scottish Football Association .
The scheduled dates for each round of the 2013–14 tournament are as follows:[ 2]
Round Date Matches Clubs New entries this round First Round 28 September 2013 32 160 → 128 156 Second Round 26 October 2013 64 128 → 64 4 Third Round 23 November 2013 32 64 → 32 none Fourth round 18 January 2014 16 32 → 16 none Fifth round 15 February 2014 8 16 → 8 none Quarter-finals 15 March 2014 4 8 → 4 none Semi-finals 12/13 & 19/20 April 2014 4 4 → 2 none Final 1 June 2014 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.
The first round draw took place at the Scottish Football Museum , Hampden Park , Glasgow on 3 September 2013.[ 3]
1 Match played at Pinefield, Elgin.
The second round draw took place in the Auchinleck Talbot Social Club, Auchinleck on 9 October 2013.[ 4] Girvan received a bye after Steelend Victoria went into abeyance prior to the draw.
2 Tie switched to Camelon after three postponements.
The third round draw took place at the offices of The Scottish Sun newspaper, Glasgow on 4 November 2013.[ 5]
The fourth round draw took place at the offices of Evening Times newspaper, Glasgow on 12 December 2013.[ 6]
3 Tie played at Largs Thistle F.C.
The fifth round draw took place in the Cumnock Juniors Social Club on 26 January 2014.[ 7]
The quarter final draw took place on the Central 103.1 FM Football Phone-In show on 26 February 2014.[ 8]
The draw for the semi-finals took place on the Central 103.1 FM Football Phone-In show on 27 March 2014.[ 9]
1 Brian Hay 2 Craig McEwan 3 Alan Cairns 4 Ryan McChesney 5 Craig Menzies 6 Finlay Frye 7 Nick Dick 8 Jamie McKernon 9 Kris Doolan 10 Alain Kinney 11 Cammy Bell Substitutes: 12 Steven Mills 14 Thomas Reilly 15 Euan Smith 16 Craig Brown 17 Scott Adam Manager: Tommy Bryce
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