The 2013–14 Scottish Junior Cup was the 128th 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
knockout tournament
A single-elimination knockout, or sudden-death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of a match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final match-up, w ...
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 ...
. The winner of this competition is eligible to enter the following season's
RAF Lossiemouth
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Lossiemouth is one of the largest and busiest fast-jet stations in the ...
, who were playing in welfare football, and
Spartans
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Dufftown
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returned to the tournament after a period of abeyance.
The four Junior clubs qualified for this season's
Girvan
Girvan (, "mouth of the River Girvan") is a burgh and harbour town in Carrick, South Ayrshire, Scotland. Girvan is situated on the east coast of the Firth of Clyde, with a population of about 6,450. It lies south of Ayr, and north of St ...
who qualify automatically as a full member of the
Scottish Football Association
The Scottish Football Association (; also known as the Scottish FA and the SFA) is the governing body of football in Scotland and has the ultimate responsibility for the control and development of football in Scotland. Members of the SFA incl ...
.
Calendar
The scheduled dates for each round of the 2013–14 tournament are as follows:
Drawn matches are replayed the following weekend. Replays ending in a draw proceed direct to
penalty shootout
The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pe ...
. 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 at the
Scottish Football Museum
The Scottish Football Museum is Scotland’s national museum of association football, located in Hampden Park in Glasgow.
The museum was established in 1994 being first located in a small section of Glasgow’s Museum of Transport. It was reloc ...
,
Hampden Park
Hampden Park ( ; Scottish Gaelic: ''Pàirc Hampden'') is a association football, football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland, which is the national stadium of football in Scotland and home of the Scotland national football ...
,
Glasgow
Glasgow is the Cities of Scotland, most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in Strathclyde, west central Scotland. It is the List of cities in the United Kingdom, third-most-populous city in the United Kingdom ...
on 3 September 2013.
1 Match played at Pinefield, Elgin.
Replays
Second round
The second round draw took place in the Auchinleck Talbot Social Club,
Auchinleck
Auchinleck ( ; ; ) is a village southea ...
on 9 October 2013.
Girvan
Girvan (, "mouth of the River Girvan") is a burgh and harbour town in Carrick, South Ayrshire, Scotland. Girvan is situated on the east coast of the Firth of Clyde, with a population of about 6,450. It lies south of Ayr, and north of St ...
received a bye after Steelend Victoria went into abeyance prior to the draw.
2 Tie switched to Camelon after three postponements.
Replays
Third round
The third round draw took place at the offices of The Scottish Sun newspaper,
Glasgow
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on 4 November 2013.
Replays
Fourth round
The fourth round draw took place at the offices of
Evening Times
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on 12 December 2013.
3 Tie played at Largs Thistle F.C.
Replays
Fifth round
The fifth round draw took place in the Cumnock Juniors Social Club on 26 January 2014.
Replays
Quarter-final
The quarter final draw took place on the Central 103.1 FM Football Phone-In show on 26 February 2014.
Replay
Semi finals
The draw for the semi-finals took place on the Central 103.1 FM Football Phone-In show on 27 March 2014.