The 2012–13 Scottish Junior Cup was the 127th 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

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. The competition was sponsored by

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and is known as The Emirates Junior Cup for sponsorship purposes. The winner of this competition was eligible to enter the following season's

Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Stonehouse Violet, who had folded and

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, who are in abeyance. Scone Thistle returned to the tournament after taking one season out of the game. The five Junior clubs qualified for this season's

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(

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) and Irvine Meadow (

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); the

winners Shotts Bon Accord, and

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who qualify automatically as a full member of the

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Calendar

The scheduled dates for each round of the 2012–13 tournament were as follows: Drawn matches are replayed the following weekend. Replays ending in a draw proceed direct to

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. Semifinals 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

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on 22 August 2012. ¹ Tie played at New Elgin F.C.
² Tie played at Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility

Replays

Second round

The second round draw took place at the Shotts Bon Accord Social Club,

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on 30 September 2012. ³ Tie played at

Nairn St. Ninian F.C. Nairn St. Ninian JFC are a Scottish football club based in Nairn, Highland. Members of the Scottish Junior Football Association The Scottish Junior Football Association (SJFA) is an affiliated national association of the Scottish Football ...

Replays

Third round

The third round draw took place at the offices of the

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newspaper,

, on 6 November 2012. ⁴ Tie played at Oakley United F.C.
⁵ Tie played at

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⁶ Tie played at

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Replays

⁷ Tie played at Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility
⁸ Tie played at Forfar Athletic F.C.

Fourth round

The fourth round draw took place at the offices of the

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, on 27 November 2012.

Replays

Fifth round

The fifth round draw took place on the

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football phone-in show, on 7 February 2013.

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals took place on the

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football phone-in show, on 26 February 2013. ⁹ Tie played at

Ballingry Rovers F.C. Ballingry Rovers Football Club were a Scottish junior football club based in Glencraig, Fife. History The club was founded in 1952 by Mr Andrew and Mrs Janet Clark of Ballingry Road with the aid of Jean Coron, originally playing at the King G ...

Semifinals

The draw for the semifinals took place at Mar Hall,

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on 24 March 2013, at a training base of the

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First leg

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Second leg

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Final

References

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