The 2011–12 Scottish Junior Cup was the 126th 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.[2]
164 clubs entered this seasons tournament, an increase of two from 2010–11. The four new SJFA member clubs, Colony Park, Falkirk Juniors, Portgordon Victoria and Rossvale made their first appearance. Missing from the previous season were Arbroath Sporting Club who had folded and Scone Thistle who were in abeyance.
Shotts Bon Accord won the trophy for the second time in their history, defeating cup holders Auchinleck Talbot, 2–1 in the final at Almondvale Stadium.[3]
Calendar
The scheduled dates for each round of the 2011–12 tournament were as follows:[4] The decision to move the first leg of the semi-finals back one day to Sunday 15 April was made in March 2012.[5]
| Round | Date | Matches | Clubs | New entries this round |
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| First Round | 1 October 2011 | 36 | 164 → 128 | 72 |
| Second Round | 29 October 2011 | 64 | 128 → 64 | 92 |
| Third Round | 26 November 2011 | 32 | 64 → 32 | none |
| Fourth Round | 21 January 2012 | 16 | 32 → 16 | none |
| Fifth Round | 18 February 2012 | 8 | 16 → 8 | none |
| Quarter-finals | 17 March 2012 | 4 | 8 → 4 | none |
| Semi-finals | 15 & 21 April 2012 | 4 | 4 → 2 | none |
| Final | 27 May 2012 | 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.
First Round
The First Round draw took place at Hampden Park, Glasgow on 30 August 2011.[6]
1 Tie played at Deveronvale F.C. [7]
Replays
Second Round
The Second Round draw took place in the Pollok F.C. Social Club on 9 October 2011.[8]
2 Tie switched to Whitehills F.C. after three postponements.
3 Tie played at Lugar Boswell Thistle F.C.
4 Forfar West End went into abeyance on 18 October 2011 and withdrew from all competitive matches.[9]
5 Tie played at Glenafton Athletic F.C.[10]
6 Tie switched to Darvel F.C. after three postponements.
Replays
7 Tie played at Alloa Athletic F.C.
Third Round
The Third Round draw took place in the offices of the Scottish Sun newspaper, Glasgow on 15 November 2011.[11]
8 Tie played at Carluke Rovers F.C.
9 Tie played at Wishaw Sports Centre
10 Tie played at Alloa Athletic F.C.
11 Tie played at Petershill F.C.
12 Tie played at Broxburn Athletic F.C.
13 Tie played at Yoker Athletic F.C.
14 RAF Lossiemouth unable to fulfil re-arranged fixture due to festive leave and expelled from competition[12]
Replays
15 Tie played at Broxburn Athletic F.C.
16 Tie played at Lugar Boswell Thistle F.C.
Fourth Round
The Fourth Round draw took place in the offices of the Evening Times newspaper on 15 December 2011.[13]
Replays
Fifth Round
The Fifth Round draw took place live on Real Radio on Thursday 2 February 2012.[14]
Replays
17 Tie played at Petershill F.C.
Quarter Finals
The draw for the Quarter Finals took place live on Real Radio on Thursday 1 March 2012.[15]
Semi-finals
The draw for the semi-finals took place at Hampden Park on 28 March 2012.[16]
First leg
Second leg
Final
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| | 1 | Andy Leishman |
| | 2 | Martin McGoldrick |
| | 3 | Gordon Pope |
| | 4 | Craig Pettigrew |
| | 5 | Gavin Collins |  80' |
| | 6 | Colin Spence | 70' |
| | 7 | Bryan Young |
| | 8 | Steven White |
| | 9 | Keir Milliken |
| | 10 | Kyle Faulds |
| | 11 | James Latta | 87' |
| Substitutes: |
| | 12 | Ally Park |  87' |
| 14 | Michael McCann | 80' |
| | 15 | Bryan Slavin | 70' |
| | 16 | Liam McVey | |
| | 17 | Ricki Robb |
| | 18 | David Gillies |
| | 21 | Brian McGarrity |
| Manager: |
| Tommy Sloan |
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| | 1 | Johnny Murdoch |
| | 2 | Paul Finnigan |
| | 3 | Paul Burns |
| | 4 | Tony Fleming | 55' |
| | 5 | Darren Ferguson |
| | 6 | John Boyack | 69' |
| | 7 | Andy Scott |
| | 8 | Colin Williamson |
| | 9 | Allan Mackenzie | 62' |
| | 10 | Stefan McCluskey |
| | 11 | Mark Sideserf |
| Substitutes: |
| | 12 | Bryan Wharton | 55' |
| | 14 | Gary McStay | 69' |
| | 15 | Ryan Sullivan |
| | 16 | Craig Miles |
| | 17 | Brian Jack |
| | 18 | Hugh Kerr | 62' |
| | 21 | Craig Brown |
| Manager: |
| Tony McInally |
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