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:
RoundDateMatchesClubsNew entries this round
First Round23 September 201729157 → 128153
Second Round28 October 201764128 → 644
Third Round25 November 20173264 → 32none
Fourth Round20 January 20181632 → 16none
Fifth Round17 February 2018816 → 8none
Quarter-finals17 March 201848 → 4none
Semi-finals14-15 and 21-22 April 201844 → 2none
Final27 May 201812 → 1none

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:
The first round draw took place at Hampden Park, Glasgow on 22 August 2017 and was made by SJFA president Felix McKenna and Linlithgow Rose club president Les Donaldson.
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Replays

Second round

The second round draw took place at Hampden Park, Glasgow on 4 October 2017 at 2pm.
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Replays

Third round

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Replays

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Fourth round

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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Second leg

Hurlford United won 2–1 on aggregate
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Auchinleck Talbot won 2–1 on aggregate

Final

The Final of the Scottish 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.