The Scottish Junior Cup, known as The Emirates Junior Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an annual football competition organised by the Scottish Junior Football Association for all its member clubs. The competition has been held every year since the inception of the SJFA in 1886 and, as of the 2011–12 season, 164 teams are registered to take part. The cup has an unseeded knockout format with semi-finals over two legs and the final played at a neutral venue, always that of an SPL or SFL club.
From the 2006–07 season, the winners of the Junior Cup Final will gain qualification to the First Round of the following seasons Scottish Cup for Senior football clubs.
Shotts Bon Accord are the current holders, defeating Auchinleck Talbot 2–1 on 27 May 2012 at the Braidwood Motor Company Stadium, Livingston.
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