The 2015–16 Scottish Junior Cup was the 130th 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 ...

. The competition was sponsored by ETHX Energy and known as The ETHXenergy Scottish Junior Cup. The winner of this competition entered the following season's

Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Ballingry Rovers, who folded, and Harthill Royal,

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, Portgordon Victoria and

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, who were in abeyance. North Region sides Glentanar and Islavale did not enter. New members Easthouses Lily MW and Gartcairn FA Juniors made their debut in the competition, while

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and

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returned to the tournament after a year in abeyance.

First round

The six Junior clubs qualified for this season's

Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Auchinleck Talbot -

West of Scotland Super League Premier Division The SJFA West Region Premiership (also known as the McBookie.com West Region Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was a semi-professional football league run by the West Region of the Scottish Junior Football Association, and was the highest tier ...

champions and Junior Cup holders * Kelty Hearts - East Superleague champions *

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- North Superleague champions Also qualified automatically were Banks O'Dee and Linlithgow Rose 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 round draw took place at

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on 27 August 2015.

Replays

Second round

The second round draw took place at Mar Hall,

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on 6 October 2015.

Replays

Third round

The third round draw took place at

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offices in Glasgow on 3 November 2015. ¹ Match played at

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Replays

² Match played at

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Fourth round

The fourth round draw took place at the

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Replay

Fifth round

The fifth round draw took place in

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on 26 January 2016.

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals took place on 25 February 2016.

Replay

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals took place on 22 March 2016.

First leg

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Second leg

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Final

The Final of The ETHX Energy Junior Cup was played at

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on Sunday 29 May with a 4.05pm kick off. The game was televised live by

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References

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