The 2012–13 Scottish Junior Cup is the 127th season of the Scottish Junior Cup, the national knockout tournament for member clubs of the Scottish Junior Football Association. The competition is sponsored by Emirates and is known as The Emirates Junior Cup for sponsorship purposes.[1] The winner of this competition is eligible to enter the following seasons Scottish Cup at the first round stage.[2]
A total of 163 clubs are entering this year's competition, one fewer than last season. Dropping out are Stonehouse Violet who have folded and Dufftown who are in abeyance. Scone Thistle return to the tournament after taking one season out of the game.
The five Junior clubs qualified for this season's Scottish Cup, will not be included in the draw for the first round. These are 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 are as follows:[3]
| Round | Date | Matches | Clubs | New entries this round |
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| 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 |
| Semi-finals | 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. Semi-finals 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.[4][5]
1 Tie played at New Elgin F.C.
2 Tie played at Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility
Replays
Second round
The second round draw took place at the Shotts Bon Accord Social Club, Shotts on 30 September 2012.[6]
3 Tie played at Nairn St. Ninian F.C.
Replays
Third round
The third round draw took place at the offices of the Sun newspaper, Glasgow, on 6 November 2012.[7]
4 Tie played at Oakley United F.C.
5 Tie played at Arthurlie F.C.
6 Tie played at Kinnoull F.C.
Replays
7 Tie played at Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility
8 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.[8]
Replays
Fifth round
The fifth round draw took place on the Clyde 1 football phone-in show, on 7 February 2013.[9]
Quarter finals
The draw for the quarter finals took place on the Central 103.1 FM football phone-in show, on 26 February 2013.[10]
9 Tie played at Ballingry Rovers F.C. [11]
Semi finals
The draw for the semi finals took place at Mar Hall, Erskine on 24 March 2013, at a training base of the Scotland national football team.[12]
First leg
Second leg
Final
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| | 1 | Andy Leishman |
| | 2 | Willie Lyle |
| | 3 | Gordon Pope |
| | 4 | Craig Pettigrew |
| | 5 | Martin McGoldrick |
| | 6 | Colin Spence |  71' |
| | 7 | Bryan Young |
| | 8 | Steven White |
| | 9 | Graham Wilson | 71' |
| | 10 | Keir Milliken | 90' |
| | 11 | James Latta |
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| | 12 | David Gormley |  71' |
| 14 | Michael McCann | 90' |
| | 15 | Kyle Faulds | 71' |
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| | 17 | Brian McGarrity |
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