2016–17 Scottish Junior Cup

The 2016–17 Scottish Junior Cup was the 131st season of the Scottish Junior Cup, the national knockout tournament for member clubs of the Scottish Junior Football Association. The winner of this competition entered the following season's Scottish Cup at the preliminary round stage.^[1]

2016–17 Scottish Junior Cup

Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Teams	153
Final positions
Champions	Glenafton Athletic
Runner-up	Auchinleck Talbot
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Calendar

The provisional dates for each round of the 2016–17 tournament were as follows:^[2]

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, were not included in the draw for the first round:

• Auchinleck Talbot - West of Scotland Super League Premier Division champions
• Banks O' Dee - North Superleague champions (automatic qualifiers via National Club Licensing (NCL) award in any case)
• Beith Juniors - Scottish Junior Cup winners
• Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic - East Superleague champions
• Girvan - in possession of NCL award
• Linlithgow Rose - in possession of NCL award

The first round draw took place at Hampden Park, Glasgow on 25 August 2016.^[3]

Home team  Score  Away team Armadale Thistle 1 – 3 Kennoway Star Hearts Wishaw Juniors 2 – 0 Cumnock Juniors Kirriemuir Thistle 4 – 0 Easthouses Lily MW Whitletts Victoria 5 – 2 Buckie Rovers Ellon United 0 – 1 Glasgow Perthshire Newburgh Thistle 0 – 5 Sauchie Juniors Ardeer Thistle 0 – 1 East Kilbride Thistle Buchanhaven Hearts 0 – 2 Culter Thornton Hibs 2 – 2 Dunbar United New Elgin 1 – 8 Dundee North End Jeanfield Swifts 3 – 0 Lugar Boswell Thistle Livingston United 7 – 0 Cruden Bay Pumpherston Juniors 3 – 0 Kirkcaldy YM Saltcoats Victoria 0 – 2 Renfrew West Calder United 3 – 0 Stoneywood Parkvale Vale of Clyde 8 – 0 Sunnybank

Home team  Score  Away team Irvine Victoria 2 – 1 Newtongrange Star Newburgh 0 – 5 Hermes Largs Thistle 0 – 1 Blantyre Victoria Port Glasgow 5 – 0 Whitehills Lochee United 2 – 1 Hurlford United Bo'ness United 3 – 3 Bellshill Athletic Lesmahagow 0 – 2 Irvine Meadow Haddington Athletic 1 – 0 Troon East Craigie 1 – 3 Bathgate Thistle Broxburn Athletic 3 – 3 Glenafton Athletic Ardrossan Winton Rovers 2 – 1 Dundonald Bluebell Camelon Juniors 3 – 4 Whitburn St Roch's 0 – 1 Kilwinning Rangers Kilbirnie Ladeside 6 – 0 Banchory St. Ternan Arbroath Victoria 4 – 4 Crossgates Primrose

Replays

Home team  Score  Away team Dunbar United 3 – 3 (4 – 3 p.) Thornton Hibs Bellshill Athletic 1 – 6 Bo'ness United Glenafton Athletic 3 – 1 Broxburn Athletic Crossgates Primrose 1 – 3 Arbroath Victoria

Second round

The second round draw took place at Bellsdale Park, Beith, on 1 October 2016.^[4]

Home team  Score  Away team Forfar Albion 0 – 11 Blackburn United Downfield 1 – 0 Nairn St Ninian Yoker Athletic 2 – 3 Irvine Victoria Dundee North End 5 – 0 Wishaw Juniors Petershill 2 – 1 Dalkeith Thistle Tranent Juniors 4 – 3 Longside Hall Russell United 0 – 2 Maybole Juniors Jeanfield Swifts 1 – 0 St Andrews United Pollok 4 – 0 Glentanar Carluke Rovers 1 – 0 Deveronside Craigmark Burntonians 0 – 4 Penicuik Athletic Forfar West End 0 – 2 Culter Arbroath Victoria 3 – 4 Whitburn Lewis United 1 – 3 Rosyth Darvel Juniors 1 – 1 Ardrossan Winton Rovers Greenock Juniors 2 – 1 Vale of Leven Irvine Meadow 4 – 0 Oakley United Burghead Thistle 0 – 3 Stonehaven Islavale 9 – 0 Fochabers West Calder United 0 – 2 Arniston Rangers Lanark United 0 – 0 Neilston Juniors Dundee Violet 4 – 1 Blairgowrie Johnstone Burgh 1 – 2 Broughty Athletic Coupar Angus 3 – 5 Forth Wanderers Luncarty 4 – 1 Fraserburgh United Kello Rovers 1 – 2 Carnoustie Panmure Cumbernauld United 2 – 1 Rutherglen Glencairn Kilwinning Rangers 0 – 0 Arthurlie Dunbar United 5 – 0 Kennoway Star Hearts Lochore Welfare 0 – 4 Kilsyth Rangers Kirriemuir Thistle 3 – 1 Whitletts Victoria Inverness City 3 – 51 Scone Thistle

Home team  Score  Away team Glenafton Athletic 8 – 1 Livingston United Vale of Clyde 0 – 3 Beith Juniors Kinnoull 1 – 2 Glasgow Perthshire Lochee Harp 3 – 5 Maryhill Linlithgow Rose 3 – 0 Clydebank Banks O' Dee 1 – 0 Kilbirnie Ladeside Ashfield 1 – 1 Stoneyburn Glenrothes 1 – 6 Hill of Beath Hawthorn Newmains United 1 – 1 Hermes Fauldhouse United 5 – 0 St Anthony's Kelty Hearts 6 – 1 Aberdeen University Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 3 – 1 Rossvale East End 0 – 6 Lochee United East Kilbride Thistle 3 – 1 Forres Thistle Port Glasgow 1 – 1 Thorniewood United Annbank United 1 – 2 Auchinleck Talbot Shettleston 2 – 0 Montrose Roselea Edinburgh United 3 – 1 Dunipace Juniors Royal Albert 1 – 32 Larkhall Thistle Shotts Bon Accord 3 – 3 Haddington Athletic Gartcairn Juniors 5 – 0 Newmachar United Blantyre Victoria 2 – 0 Tayport Dalry Thistle 0 – 4 Bo'ness United Benburb 5 – 3 Dyce Juniors Colony Park 0 – 4 Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Dufftown 3 – 2 Pumpherston Maud 5 – 1 Spey Valley United Girvan 5 – 2 Muirkirk Juniors Renfrew 6 – 4 Bathgate Thistle Brechin Victoria 1 – 4 Sauchie Juniors Cambuslang Rangers 1 – 2 Lochgelly Albert Musselburgh Athletic 8 – 4 Craigroyston

¹ Tie played at Clachnacuddin F.C.
² Tie played at Larkhall Thistle F.C.^[5]

Replays

Home team  Score  Away team Ardrossan Winton Rovers 1 – 2 Darvel Juniors Neilston Juniors 2 – 1 Lanark United Arthurlie 1 – 3 Kilwinning Rangers Stoneyburn 1 – 2 Ashfield Hermes 6 – 0 Newmains United Thorniewood United 3 – 1 Port Glasgow Haddington Athletic 3 – 3 (3 – 2 p.) Shotts Bon Accord

Third round

The third round draw took place at the offices of The Scottish Sun newspaper, Glasgow, on 1 November 2016.^[6]

Home team  Score  Away team East Kilbride Thistle 1 – 1 Culter Kirriemuir Thistle 1 – 4 Hill of Beath Hawthorn Kilsyth Rangers 3 – 0 Lochgelly Albert Penicuik Athletic 2 – 0 Scone Thistle Haddington Athletic 2 – 1 Neilston Juniors Blackburn United 2 – 5 Girvan Thorniewood United 1 – 1 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic Stonehaven 1 – 1 Greenock Juniors Luncarty 3 – 2 Rosyth Dundee Violet 0 – 2 Glenafton Athletic Dundee North End 0 – 5 Linlithgow Rose Glasgow Perthshire 3 – 4 Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Petershill 1 – 0 3 Carnoustie Panmure Banks O' Dee 0 – 5 Sauchie Juniors Renfrew 1 – 0 Arniston Rangers Dufftown 1 – 2 Dunbar United

Home team  Score  Away team Gartcairn Juniors 3 – 0 Whitburn Lochee United 2 – 3 Musselburgh Athletic Maybole Juniors 2 – 3 Benburb Maryhill 2 – 0 Forth Wanderers Blantyre Victoria 2 – 2 4 Bo'ness United Darvel Juniors 1 – 1 Irvine Meadow Irvine Victoria 1 – 2 Carluke Rovers Larkhall Thistle 1 – 2 Fauldhouse United Kilwinning Rangers 5 – 2 Shettleston Beith Juniors 9 – 0 Islavale Downfield 1 – 5 Broughty Athletic Kelty Hearts 7 – 1 Ashfield Pollok 1 – 1 Auchinleck Talbot Edinburgh United 2 – 1 Maud Jeanfield Swifts 2 – 3 Hermes Cumbernauld United 2 – 1 Tranent Juniors

³ Tie played at St Anthony's F.C.
⁴ Tie played at Hamilton Academical F.C.^[7]

Replays

Home team  Score  Away team Irvine Meadow 5 – 3 Darvel Juniors Auchinleck Talbot 4 – 0 Pollok Bo'ness United 2 – 2 (3 – 4 p.) Blantyre Victoria Culter 1 – 3 East Kilbride Thistle Greenock Juniors 3 – 2 Stonehaven Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 4 – 0 Thorniewood United

Fourth round

The fourth round draw took place at the offices of Evening Times newspaper, Glasgow, on 30 November 2016.^[8]

Home team  Score  Away team Kilsyth Rangers 2 – 2 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic Cumbernauld United 1 – 3 Luncarty Carluke Rovers 1 – 0 Irvine Meadow Beith Juniors 0 – 1 Auchinleck Talbot Renfrew 2 – 0 Greenock Juniors Broughty Athletic 0 – 4 Sauchie Juniors Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 2 – 15 Musselburgh Athletic Fauldhouse United 0 – 0 Maryhill East Kilbride Thistle 0 – 4 Glenafton Athletic Girvan 1 – 3 Penicuik Athletic Gartcairn Juniors 1 – 1 Hermes Kelty Hearts 5 – 0 Hill of Beath Hawthorn Petershill 7 – 16 Haddington Athletic Dunbar United 3 – 1 Benburb Edinburgh United 0 – 2 Kilwinning Rangers Linlithgow Rose 4 – 0 Blantyre Victoria

⁵ Tie played at Benburb F.C.
⁶ Tie played at St Anthony's F.C.

Replays

Home team  Score  Away team Maryhill 1 – 1 (5 – 3 p.) Fauldhouse United Hermes 2 – 2 (4 – 5 p.) Gartcairn Juniors Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 3 - 0 Kilsyth Rangers

Fifth round

The fifth round draw took place at Glasgow City Chambers, on 31 January 2017.^[9]

Home team	Score	Away team
Maryhill	2 – 47	Linlithgow Rose
Dunbar United	0 – 3	Glenafton Athletic
Penicuik Athletic	3 – 4	Kirkintilloch Rob Roy
Auchinleck Talbot	4 – 0	Luncarty
Kelty Hearts	1 – 2	Kilwinning Rangers
Gartcairn Juniors	2 – 2	Carluke Rovers
Renfrew	2 – 4	Sauchie Juniors
Petershill	0 – 2	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic

⁷ Tie played at St Anthony's F.C.

Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Carluke Rovers	2 – 3	Gartcairn Juniors

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was made on 28 February 2017.^[10]

Home team	Score	Away team
Auchinleck Talbot	2 – 0	Kilwinning Rangers
Glenafton Athletic	1 – 0	Sauchie Juniors
Linlithgow Rose	7 – 0	Gartcairn Juniors
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	2 – 0	Kirkintilloch Rob Roy

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals took place on 28 March 2017.^[11]

First leg

Glenafton Athletic	1–0	Bonnyrigg Rose
Orsi 58'

15 April 2017

14:30

Loch Park, New Cumnock

Referee: Lloyd Wilson

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Linlithgow Rose	0–0	Auchinleck Talbot

15 April 2017

14:30

Prestonfield, Linlithgow

Attendance: 1,349

Referee: Lorraine Clark

Second leg

Bonnyrigg Rose	0–0	Glenafton Athletic

22 April 2017

14:30

New Dundas Park, Bonnyrigg

Attendance: 1,244

Referee: Chris Graham

Glenafton Athletic win 1–0 on aggregate.

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Auchinleck Talbot	1–0	Linlithgow Rose
Young 38'

22 April 2017

14:30

Beechwood Park, Auchinleck

Referee: Stewart Luke

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.

Auchinleck Talbot	1 – 2	Glenafton Athletic
Milliken 18'	BBC Sport[12]	28' Marlow 76' Cairns

4 June 2017

16:15

Rugby Park, Kilmarnock

Attendance: 6,144

Referee: David Dickinson

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

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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