The 2018–19 Scottish Junior Cup was the 133rd season of the

Scottish Junior Cup The Scottish Junior Cup is an annual football competition organised by the Scottish Junior Football Association (SJFA). The competition has been held every year since the inception of the SJFA on the 2nd October 1886 and, as of the 2023–24 ed ...

, the national

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for member clubs of the

Scottish Junior Football Association The Scottish Junior Football Association (SJFA) is an affiliated national association of the Scottish Football Association and is the governing body for the junior grade of football (soccer), football in Scotland. The term "junior" refers to the ...

(SJFA). The competition was sponsored by

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in the first year of a three-year deal and is known as the Macron Scottish Junior Cup. A total of 129 clubs entered the competition, which was 28 fewer than the previous season. This was due to 25 teams leaving the Junior ranks for the

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along with

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, Inverness City, and Lewis United not entering the tournament. Auchinleck Talbot were the defending champions. They successfully defended their title with a 2–0 win over Largs Thistle in the final.

Calendar

The dates for each round of the 2018–19 tournament are as follows: Drawn matches are replayed and replays that end in a draw proceed direct to a

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, there is no extra time. Semi-finals are played home and away over two legs with the winner on aggregate progressing to the final. If the aggregate score is tied at the end of the second leg, the match will also proceed direct to a penalty shootout.

First round

The four Junior clubs competing in the

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champions Also qualified automatically for the second round were Banks O'Dee, who achieved national club licensing requirements, and

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, who qualify automatically as historic full members of the

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. The first and second round draws took place at

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on 23 August 2018.

Second round

¹ Tie awarded to Cumnock Juniors as Coupar Angus unable to raise side.
² Tie played at Victoria Park, Newmains after Rosyth's Fleet Grounds deemed unsuitable to host match.
³ Tie played at Valefield Park, Kilbirnie after Gartcairn's MTC Park deemed unsuitable to host match.

Replays

Third round

The third round draw took place at the offices of the Scottish Sun newspaper in Glasgow on 9 October 2018. ⁴ Tie played at

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, Glasgow after Gartcairn's MTC Park deemed unsuitable to host match.

Replays

Fourth round

⁵Tie played at

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, Kirkcaldy.

Replays

Fifth round

Replays

Quarter-finals

Replay

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals took place on 7 March 2019.

First leg

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Second leg

''Largs Thistle won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Auchinleck Talbot won 6–1 on aggregate.''

Final

The Final of the

Scottish Junior Cup was played at

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on Sunday 2 June with a 4.10pm kick off. The game was televised live by

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. Both teams wore their away strips.

References

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