Football tournament season
The 2015β16 Scottish Junior Cup was the 130th season of the
Scottish Junior Cup , the national
knockout tournament for member clubs of the
Scottish Junior Football Association . The competition was sponsored by ETHX Energy and known as The ETHXenergy Scottish Junior Cup .
[1] The winner of this competition entered the following season's
Scottish Cup at the first round stage.
[2]
A total of 158 clubs entered this year's competition, three fewer than the previous season. Dropping out were
Ballingry Rovers , who folded, and
Harthill Royal ,
Luncarty ,
Portgordon Victoria and
Whitehills , who were in abeyance. North Region sides
Glentanar and
Islavale did not enter. New members
Easthouses Lily MW and
Gartcairn FA Juniors made their debut in the competition, while
Coupar Angus and
Fochabers returned to the tournament after a year in abeyance.
First round
The six Junior clubs qualified for this season's
Scottish Cup , were not included in the draw for the first round:
Also qualified automatically were
Banks O'Dee and
Linlithgow Rose who achieved national club licensing requirements and
Girvan who qualify automatically as historic full members of the
Scottish Football Association .
The first round draw took place at
Hampden Park ,
Glasgow on 27 August 2015.
[3]
Replays
Second round
The second round draw took place at Mar Hall,
Erskine on 6 October 2015.
[4]
Replays
Third round
The third round draw took place at
The Sun offices in Glasgow on 3 November 2015.
[5]
1 Match played at
Pollok F.C.
Replays
2 Match played at
Tranent Juniors F.C.
Fourth round
The fourth round draw took place at the
Evening Times offices in Glasgow on 9 December 2015.
[6]
3 Match played at
Kennoway Star Hearts F.C.
Replay
Fifth round
The fifth round draw took place in
Glasgow City Chambers on 26 January 2016.
[7]
Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals took place on 25 February 2016.
[8]
Replay
Semi-finals
The draw for the semi-finals took place on 22 March 2016.
[9]
First leg
Second leg
Final
The Final of The ETHX Energy Junior Cup was played at
Rugby Park ,
Kilmarnock on Sunday 29 May with a 4.05pm kick off. The game was televised live by
BBC ALBA .
1
Stephen Grindlay
2
Iain Fisher
3
Nicky Docherty
4
Kevin MacDonald
5
John Sheridan
6
Tommy Martin 19'
7
Darren Christie 84'
8
Paul Frize
9
Kenny McLean
10
Andy Reid 77'
11
Richie Burke
Substitutes:
12
David McGowan 77'
14
Jamie Wilson 19'
16
Thomas Collins 84'
17
Josh McArthur
18
Zander Ryan
Manager:
John Millar
1
Jordan Longmuir
2
Tam Hanlon
3
Mark Sideserf
4
Paul Gallacher
5
Chris Walker
6
Findlay Frye
7
Kevin Bradley 85'
8
Colin Williamson 71'
9
David Winters
10
Carlo Monti 71'
11
Kieran McAleenan
Substitutes:
12
Ross McCabe
14
Robbie Winters 71'
15
Liam Rowan 71'
16
Derek Hepburn
17
Allan Mackenzie 85'
Manager:
Tony McInally
References
Domestic leagues Domestic cups European competitions Related to
national team Transfers Club seasons
Premiership Championship League One League Two