Cup History
The Cup has been competed for since the 1886–87 season, when Fairfield Govan became the first winners of the competition. The SJFA purchased an exact replica in 2007, to replace the original which was showing its age.
The record attendance for a Junior Cup Final is 77,650 for the 1951 final between Petershill and Irvine Meadow XI.
In 2010 Linlithgow Rose lifted the Scottish Junior Cup for the 4th time in their history and 3rd in a decade. They now join a small group of teams that have managed to lift the cup more than 3 times.
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