2018–19 Scottish Junior Cup

The 2018–19 Scottish Junior Cup was the 133rd season of the Scottish Junior Cup, the national knockout tournament for member clubs of the Scottish Junior Football Association (SJFA). The competition was sponsored by Macron in the first year of a three-year deal and is known as the Macron Scottish Junior Cup.

2018–19 Macron Scottish Junior Cup

Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Teams	129
Defending champions	Auchinleck Talbot
Final positions
Champions	Auchinleck Talbot
Runner-up	Largs Thistle
Tournament statistics
Matches played	139
Goals scored	629 (4.53 per match)
All statistics correct as of 2 June 2019.

A total of 129 clubs entered the competition, which was 28 fewer than the previous season. This was due to 25 teams leaving the Junior ranks for the East of Scotland League along with Cruden Bay, Inverness City, and Lewis United not entering the tournament.

Auchinleck Talbot were the defending champions. They successfully defended their title with a 2–0 win over Largs Thistle in the final.

Calendar

The dates for each round of the 2018–19 tournament are as follows:

Round	Date	Matches	Clubs	New entries this round
First round	15 September 2018	1	129 → 128	125
Second round	29 September 2018	64	128 → 64	4
Third round	27 October 2018	32	64 → 32	none
Fourth round	24 November 2018	16	32 → 16	none
Fifth round	26 January 2019	8	16 → 8	none
Quarter-finals	23 February 2019	4	8 → 4	none
Semi-finals	30 March and 6 April 2019	4	4 → 2	none
Final	2 June 2019	1	2 → 1	none

Drawn matches are replayed and replays that end in a draw proceed direct to a penalty shootout, there is no extra time. Semi-finals are played home and away over two legs with the winner on aggregate progressing to the final. If the aggregate score is tied at the end of the second leg, the match will also proceed direct to a penalty shootout.

First round

The four Junior clubs competing in the Scottish Cup were not included in the draw for the first round:

• Auchinleck Talbot - Junior Cup holders
• Beith Juniors - West of Scotland Super League Premier Division champions

Also qualified automatically for the second round were Banks O'Dee, who achieved national club licensing requirements, and Girvan, who qualify automatically as historic full members of the Scottish Football Association.

The first and second round draws took place at Hampden Park, Glasgow on 23 August 2018.

Home team	Score	Away team
15 September 2018
Colony Park	4–2	Kirriemuir Thistle

Second round

Home team Score Away team 29 September 2018 Kinnoull 2–0 Saltcoats Victoria Cambuslang Rangers 5–0 Fraserburgh United Troon 5–1 Lochee Harp Blantyre Victoria 2–2 Vale of Clyde Auchinleck Talbot 4–2 Forfar West End Cumnock Juniors w/o1 Coupar Angus Cumbernauld United 1–2 Glenafton Athletic Ellon United 3–2 Forth Wanderers Girvan 2–0 Culter Bellshill Athletic 4–0 Burghead Thistle Islavale 3–0 Vale of Leven Lochore Welfare 2–4 Fauldhouse United Pollok 9–0 Buchanhaven Hearts Dundee Violet 4–2 Maryhill East End 2–1 Lochgelly Albert New Elgin 1–1 Whitehills Rosyth 1–02 Newmains United Carnoustie Panmure 3–0 Longside Kirkcaldy YMCA 0–3 Renfrew Muirkirk 2–2 Yoker Athletic Gartcairn 3–23 Kilbirnie Ladeside Arthurlie 3–0 Forres Thistle Tayport 3–1 Port Glasgow Rutherglen Glencairn 8–0 Deveronside Bridge of Don Thistle 2–1 Ardrossan Winton Rovers Maybole 2–2 Aberdeen University Kilwinning Rangers 3–1 Beith Benburb 0–4 Broughty Athletic Banks O'Dee 6–0 Dyce Juniors Scone Thistle 0–1 Neilston Hurlford United 10–0 Dufftown Spey Valley United 2–7 Harthill Royal

Home team Score Away team 29 September 2018 Livingston United 0–2 Kilsyth Rangers Glenrothes 3–0 Brechin Victoria Wishaw 2–0 West Calder United Hermes 4–3 Newburgh Lochee United 6–2 Dalry Thistle Glasgow Perthshire 1–6 St. Roch's St. Anthony's 0–3 Irvine Meadow XI Irvine Victoria 1–9 Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Petershill 1–2 Darvel Royal Albert 5–3 Lugar Boswell Thistle Annbank United 5–0 Ardeer Thistle Hall Russell United 4–3 Kennoway Star Hearts Glentanar 1–3 Carluke Rovers Colony Park 4–1 Stonehaven Ashfield 1–0 Banchory St Ternan Nairn St Ninian 3–0 Buckie Rovers Clydebank 4–0 Armadale Thistle Thornton Hibs 7–1 Stoneywood Parkvale East Kilbride Thistle 1–0 Montrose Roselea Arbroath Victoria 0–9 Largs Thistle Bathgate Thistle 1–2 Craigmark Burntonians Newmachar United 1–3 Whitburn Kello Rovers 2–1 Blairgowrie Shettleston 0–1 Dundee North End Whitletts Victoria 2–2 Lanark United Thorniewood United 0–3 Dundee East Craigie Shotts Bon Accord 3–2 Maud Greenock 2–5 Rossvale Stoneyburn 2–4 Luncarty Sunnybank 0–3 Lesmahagow Downfield 7–1 Larkhall Thistle Pumpherston 3–1 Forfar Albion

¹ Tie awarded to Cumnock Juniors as Coupar Angus unable to raise side.
² Tie played at Victoria Park, Newmains after Rosyth's Fleet Grounds deemed unsuitable to host match.
³ Tie played at Valefield Park, Kilbirnie after Gartcairn's MTC Park deemed unsuitable to host match.

Replays

Home team Score Away team Vale of Clyde 0–7 Blantyre Victoria Whitehills 1–3 New Elgin Yoker Athletic 3–3 (4–5p) Muirkirk Aberdeen University 1–0 Maybole Lanark United 2–0 Whitletts Victoria

Third round

The third round draw took place at the offices of the Scottish Sun newspaper in Glasgow on 9 October 2018.

Home team Score Away team 27 October 2018 New Elgin 0–7 Luncarty Pollok 0–0 Cumnock Juniors Ashfield 4–2 Neilston Renfrew 2–1 Fauldhouse United Wishaw 1–1 Lanark United Pumpherston 1–4 Blantyre Victoria Kinnoull 0–3 Clydebank St Roch's 4–1 Downfield Hurlford United 2–1 Broughty Athletic Tayport 1–5 Rossvale Colony Park 1–6 Cambuslang Rangers Gartcairn Juniors 0–24 Lochee United Darvel 4–2 Whitburn Muirkirk 2–2 Girvan East End 0–3 Dundee North End Largs Thistle 4–0 Shotts Bon Accord

Home team Score Away team 27 October 2018 Bridge of Don Thistle 3–5 Rosyth Carnoustie Panmure 5–0 Aberdeen University Troon 4–2 Nairn St. Ninian Kilsyth Rangers 2–0 Irvine Meadow Carluke Rovers 1–0 Hermes Craigmark Burntonians 4–1 East Craigie Ellon United 1–3 Glenafton Athletic Royal Albert 2–2 Harthill Royal Banks O' Dee 5–1 East Kilbride Thistle Annbank United 2–1 Kello Rovers Glenrothes 8–0 Hall Russell United Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 1–3 Thornton Hibs Arthurlie 1–3 Dundee Violet Islavale 1–4 Rutherglen Glencairn Kilwinning Rangers 2–0 Bellshill Athletic 3 November 2018 Auchinleck Talbot 9–1 Lesmahagow

⁴ Tie played at Petershill Park, Glasgow after Gartcairn's MTC Park deemed unsuitable to host match.

Replays

3 November 2018 Home team  Score  Away team Cumnock Juniors 1–3 Pollok Girvan 4–4 (6–5p) Muirkirk Harthill Royal 3–3 (3–5p) Royal Albert Lanark United 2–1 Wishaw

Fourth round

Home team Score Away team 24 November 2018 Glenafton Athletic 0–0 Pollok Craigmark Burntonians 2–1 Glenrothes Carluke Rovers 1–3 Lochee United Royal Albert 1–3 Clydebank Kilsyth Rangers 1–3 Hurlford United Darvel 1–2 Largs Thistle Kilwinning Rangers 3–1 Banks O' Dee St Roch's 3–0 Luncarty Lanark United 1–1 Rossvale Dundee North End 0–4 Cambuslang Rangers Rutherglen Glencairn 7–1 Ashfield Girvan 7–1 Dundee Violet Rosyth 2–0 Annbank United 1 December 2018 Carnoustie Panmure 1–3 Troon 8 December 2018 Blantyre Victoria 0–4 Auchinleck Talbot Thornton Hibs 2–05 Renfrew

⁵Tie played at Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy.

Replays

Home team Score Away team 1 December 2018 Pollok 1–1 (3–0p) Glenafton Athletic Rossvale 3–1 Lanark United

Fifth round

Home team	Score	Away team
26 January 2019
Kilwinning Rangers	6–2	Thornton Hibs
Largs Thistle	1–1	St Roch's
Cambuslang Rangers	0–1	Troon
Rossvale	1–1	Hurlford United
Pollok	8–2	Rosyth
Auchinleck Talbot	4–1	Rutherglen Glencairn
9 February 2019
Girvan	1–7	Clydebank
Craigmark Burntonians	0–4	Lochee United

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
9 February 2019
St Roch's	2–5	Largs Thistle
Hurlford United	4–3	Rossvale

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
23 February 2019
Largs Thistle	5–0	Kilwinning Rangers
Troon	0–2	Lochee United
Hurlford United	1–1	Clydebank
Pollok	0–3	Auchinleck Talbot

Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
2 March 2019
Clydebank	1–3	Hurlford United

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals took place on 7 March 2019.

First leg

30 March 2019

14:30

Lochee United	1–4	Auchinleck Talbot

Thomson Park, Dundee

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30 March 2019

14:30

Largs Thistle	2–2	Hurlford United

Barrfields Park, Largs

Second leg

6 April 2019

14:30

Hurlford United	1–2	Largs Thistle

Blair Park, Hurlford

Largs Thistle won 4–3 on aggregate.

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6 April 2019

14:30

Auchinleck Talbot	2–0	Lochee United

Beechwood Park, Auchinleck

Auchinleck Talbot won 6–1 on aggregate.

Final

The Final of the Macron Scottish Junior Cup was played at New Douglas Park, Hamilton on Sunday 2 June with a 4.10pm kick off. The game was televised live by BBC Alba. Both teams wore their away strips.

2 June 2019

16:10

Auchinleck Talbot	2–0	Largs Thistle
McCracken 3' Samson 38'	Report

New Douglas Park, Hamilton

Attendance: 4,629

Referee: Peter Stuart