2017–18 Scottish Junior Cup
The 2017–18 Scottish Junior Cup was the 132nd 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.
Calendar
The provisional dates for each round of the 2017–18 tournament are as follows:Round | Date | Matches | Clubs | New entries this round |
First Round | 23 September 2017 | 29 | 157 → 128 | 153 |
Second Round | 28 October 2017 | 64 | 128 → 64 | 4 |
Third Round | 25 November 2017 | 32 | 64 → 32 | none |
Fourth Round | 20 January 2018 | 16 | 32 → 16 | none |
Fifth Round | 17 February 2018 | 8 | 16 → 8 | none |
Quarter-finals | 17 March 2018 | 4 | 8 → 4 | none |
Semi-finals | 14-15 and 21-22 April 2018 | 4 | 4 → 2 | none |
Final | 27 May 2018 | 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 qualified for this season's Scottish Cup, are not included in the draw for the first round:- Banks O' Dee - North Superleague champions
- Girvan - in possession of NCL award
- Glenafton Athletic - West of Scotland Super League Premier Division champions and Scottish Junior Cup holders
- Linlithgow Rose - in possession of NCL award
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Replays
Second round
The second round draw took place at Hampden Park, Glasgow on 4 October 2017 at 2pm.;Notes
Replays
Third round
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Replay
Fifth round
Quarter-finals
Replay
Semifinals
The draw for the semi finals took place on 29 March 2018.First leg
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Hurlford United won 2–1 on aggregate----
Auchinleck Talbot won 2–1 on aggregate