2012–13 Scottish Junior Cup

The 2012–13 Scottish Junior Cup was the 127th season of the Scottish Junior Cup, the national knockout tournament for member clubs of the Scottish Junior Football Association. The competition was sponsored by Emirates 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 at the first round stage.
A total of 163 clubs entered, one fewer than the previous season. Dropping out were Stonehouse Violet, who had folded and Dufftown, 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 Scottish Cup, were not included in the draw for the first round. These were the three Superleague champions: Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic, Hermes and Irvine Meadow ; the Scottish Junior Cup winners Shotts Bon Accord, and Girvan who qualify automatically as a full member of the Scottish Football Association.

Calendar

The scheduled dates for each round of the 2012–13 tournament were as follows:

Round	Date	Matches	Clubs	New entries this round
First Round	22 September 2012	35	158 → 123	158
Second Round	20 October 2012	64	128 → 64	5
Third Round	17 November 2012	32	64 → 32	none
Fourth round	19 January 2013	16	32 → 16	none
Fifth round	16 February 2013	8	16 → 8	none
Quarter-finals	16 March 2013	4	8 → 4	none
Semifinals	13/14 & 20/21 April 2013	4	4 → 2	none
Final	2 June 2013	1	2 → 1	none

Drawn matches are replayed the following weekend. Replays ending in a draw proceed direct to penalty shootout. 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 Scottish Football Museum, Hampden Park, Glasgow on 22 August 2012.

¹ Tie played at New Elgin F.C.
² Tie played at Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility

Second round

The second round draw took place at the Shotts Bon Accord Social Club, Shotts on 30 September 2012.

³ Tie played at Nairn St. Ninian F.C.

Third round

The third round draw took place at the offices of the Sun newspaper, Glasgow, on 6 November 2012.

⁴ Tie played at Oakley United F.C.
⁵ Tie played at Arthurlie F.C.
⁶ Tie played at Kinnoull F.C.

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 Evening Times newspaper, Glasgow, on 27 November 2012.

Fifth round

The fifth round draw took place on the Clyde 1 football phone-in show, on 7 February 2013.

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals took place on the Central 103.1 FM football phone-in show, on 26 February 2013.

⁹ Tie played at Ballingry Rovers F.C.

Semifinals

The draw for the semifinals took place at Mar Hall, Erskine on 24 March 2013, at a training base of the Scotland national football team.

First leg

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Second leg

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