The 2014–15 Scottish Junior Cup was the 129th season of the Scottish Junior Cup, the national knockout tournament for member clubs of the Scottish Junior Football Association. The competition was partnered by the charity Dyslexia Scotland and is known as The Dyslexia Scotland Junior Cup.[1] The winner of this competition entered the following season's Scottish Cup at the first round stage.[2]
A total of 161 clubs entered the competition, one more than the previous season. Dropping out were Coupar Angus, Fochabers and Steelend Victoria, who were in abeyance. New members Aberdeen University, Grantown and Spey Valley made their debut in the competition while Lossiemouth United returned to the tournament after a period of abeyance.
The seven Junior clubs qualified for this season's Scottish Cup, were not included in the draw for the first round. These were the four reigning league and cup champions:
Also qualified automatically are Banks O'Dee and Linlithgow Rose who achieved national club licensing requirements and Girvan who qualified automatically as historic full members of the Scottish Football Association.
The provisional dates for each round of the 2014–15 tournament were as follows:[3]
Round
Date
Matches
Clubs
New entries this round
First Round
27 September 2014
33
161 → 128
154
Second Round
25 October 2014
64
128 → 64
7
Third Round
22 November 2014
32
64 → 32
none
Fourth Round
17 January 2015
16
32 → 16
none
Fifth Round
14 February 2015
8
16 → 8
none
Quarter-finals
14 March 2015
4
8 → 4
none
Semi-finals
11/12 & 18/19 April 2015
4
4 → 2
none
Final
7 June 2015
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, subject to decision by the SJFA management committee.
First round[]
The first round draw took place in the Pollok F.C. pavilion, Glasgow on 26 August 2014.[4][5]
3 Match played at Stoneyburn F.C. 4 Tie switched to Banchory St. Ternan F.C. 5 Tie switched to Deveronside F.C. 6 Match played at Camelon Juniors F.C. .
The draw for the Semi Final of the Dyslexia Scottish Junior Cup took place at Mar Hall Bishopton on Friday 27 March 2015 and was carried out by Steven Naismith of Everton.
The Final of the Dyslexia Scotland Junior Cup was played at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock on Sunday 7 June 2015 with a 4.05pm kick off. The game was televised live by BBC ALBA.
Scotland
30'
