East of Scotland Football League - Cup Competitions

Cup Competitions

• Scottish Cup: Only the 12 SFA members play in this competition. Knock-out tournament, with replays until the Semi-Finals and Final.
• South Challenge Cup: This competition, new from 2007–08, replaced the old Scottish Qualifying Cup (South) under the new Scottish Cup format. It is for all clubs in the south of Scotland, aside from reserve teams - and thus it has 38 entrants, 23 from the EoSFL, 12 from the South of Scotland Football League, two amateur SFA clubs - Burntisland Shipyard F.C. and Glasgow University, and one club in membership of the SFA and SJFA - Girvan. It is a straight knock-out tournament.
• The King Cup: Open to all 24 EoSFA members playing in the EOSFL. Straight knock-out tournament without replays. The King Cup final is traditionally the last game of the season.
• East of Scotland Qualifying Leagues: A new competition from season 2011/12. Open to all 24 EoSFA members playing in the EoSFL except newly-elected Duns. A pre-season warm-up competition, these clubs are split into four groups of six and each plays the others within their group once.
• East of Scotland League Cup: Group winners and runners-up from the East of Scotland Qualifying Leagues enter this straight knock-out competition.
• The East of Scotland Qualifying Cup: currently sponsored by Image Printers. All 24 EoSFA members playing in the EOSFL enter. The finalists join the first teams of Berwick Rangers and Livingston in the East of Scotland (City) Cup. Straight knock-out without replays.
• East of Scotland (City) Cup: Finalists of the East of Scotland Qualifying Cup join Berwick Rangers and Livingston in single-legged semi-finals and final, which go straight to penalties if drawn after 90 minutes. The 4 EoSFA members in the national leagues (Hearts, Hibs, Berwick and Livingston, formerly Meadowbank Thistle) used to all enter, but now Hearts and Hibs reserves contest the East of Scotland Shield - albeit intermittently.
• East of Scotland Consolation Cup: known as the 'Alex Jack Cup'. Competition for 12 non-SFA members of the EoSFL, usually played on the same weekends as Scottish Cup matches. Acts both as a top-up cup, giving these teams matches on otherwise idle weekends, and as an opportunity for what tend to be smaller clubs to gain trophies. Straight knock-out, without replays.
• East of Scotland Shield: since the mid–1980s this tournament has become a one-off match for youth/reserve teams of Hearts and Hibernian.