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{{Short description|Scottish sporting body, founded 1886}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox football association
| Logo      = Scottish Junior Football Association logo.png
| Founded   = {{Start date and age|1886|paren=yes}}
| Headquarters = [[Hampden Park]], [[Glasgow]]
| Head title = Chief Operating Officer
| Head = Alex McDowall<ref>{{cite web |title=SJFA Restructuring & Staffing |url=http://www.scottishjuniorfa.com/news/posts/2020/august/sjfa-restructuring-staffing/|website=Scottishjuniorfa.com |access-date=1 December 2020}}</ref>
| Website = http://www.scottishjuniorfa.com/
}}
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 level of football played, not the age of the players.<ref>[https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle-2-15039/the-dutiful-game-welcome-to-the-world-of-junior-football-in-scotland-1-476143/amp The dutiful game: Welcome to the world of junior football in Scotland], The Scotsman, 23 May 2010</ref><ref>[http://inbedwithmaradona.com/journal/2010/11/2/the-rise-of-the-juniors.html?format=amp The Rise of the Juniors] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930185158/http://inbedwithmaradona.com/journal/2010/11/2/the-rise-of-the-juniors.html?format=amp |date=30 September 2022 }}, Craig Anderson, In Bed With Maradona, 2 November 2010</ref><ref>[https://www.nutmegmagazine.co.uk/issue-2/why-junior-football-should-never-grow-up/ Why Junior football should never grow up], Scott Fleming, Nutmeg Magazine, 1 December 2016</ref> The closest equivalent terminology would be [[non-League football]] in [[England]], the difference being that junior football in Scotland was not similarly integrated into its [[Scottish football league system|football league system]] until 2021.

Founded in 1886, the SJFA is responsible for disciplinary matters within the grade, certain player registration procedures and organising the annual [[Scottish Junior Cup]]. Other league and cup competitions are organised by regional committees. The association headquarters are at [[Hampden Park]], [[Glasgow]], which is Scotland's [[national football stadium]]. There was an earlier Scottish Junior FA, which was founded in Glasgow in October 1880. This body also ran a Scottish Junior Cup competition during 1880–81 season but appears to have disbanded at the end of that season.

== History ==
[[File:SJFA old.png|thumb|The first incarnation of the SJFA logo]]
[[File:Scottish Junior Football Association logo.gif|thumb|125px|The second incarnation of the SJFA logo]]

The SJFA was formed in Glasgow on 2 October 1886<ref>{{Harvnb|McGlone|McLure|1987|p=25}}</ref> and the first season's Junior Cup saw 39 clubs take part.<ref>{{Harvnb|McGlone|McLure|1987|p=49}}</ref> Junior football had existed since the early 1880s, initially as separate local associations across Scotland for clubs not in membership of the SFA.  This new national association acted as an umbrella for these local junior associations, as well as establishing the Scottish Junior Cup, a national cup competition. The first three winners of the Scottish Junior Cup all joined the SFA and stepped up to senior level.<ref>{{Harvnb|McGlone|McLure|1987|p=37}}</ref> Gradually, a number of junior leagues grew in strength — particularly in Glasgow, where leading clubs drew large crowds. The Glasgow Junior FA, having seen a number of its proposals rejected at SJFA meetings, seceded from the SJFA in 1907 but returned a year later.<ref>{{Harvnb|McGlone|McLure|1987|p=38}}</ref> Further disputes occurred in 1922 over "poaching" clubs and, in 1927, the GJFA was instrumental in the [[Intermediate dispute]] which split the SJFA for four seasons. The record number of clubs to enter the Junior Cup was 412 in 1922–23.<ref>{{Harvnb|McGlone|McLure|1987|p=80}}</ref>

The local associations continued to run their leagues until 1968, when the SJFA instituted major reforms. This first phase of regionalisation removed the need for the many local associations, replacing them instead with six regional committees.  These six regions&nbsp;— Ayrshire, Central, East, Fife, Tayside and North&nbsp;— still exist, to a certain extent, as divisions in the national league structure and as operators of certain cup competitions.

The last major league reform took place in 2002, with the six regions "merging" to create a three-pronged regional league setup consisting of East, North, and West regions (see "Organisation and regions").

Since the [[2007–08 in Scottish football|2007–08 season]], up to four Junior sides have been able to qualify for the [[Scottish Cup]]. The four teams are the three Superleague winners ([[Scottish Junior Football West Premier League|West]], [[Scottish Junior Football East Region Super League|East]] and [[Scottish Junior Football North Premier League|North]]) and the Scottish Junior Cup winners, all from the previous season.<ref>{{cite news|title=Juniors make mark in Scottish Cup|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/7019344.stm|access-date=9 February 2016|work=[[BBC Sport]]|date=29 September 2007}}</ref> In the 2015–16 season, [[Linlithgow Rose F.C.|Linlithgow Rose]] became the first junior team to reach the last 16 of the Scottish Cup after beating [[Forfar Athletic F.C.|Forfar Athletic]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35289266 | title=Forfar Athletic 0-1 Linlithgow Rose | publisher=BBC Sport | access-date=27 January 2016}}</ref> (see "Juniors in the Scottish Cup").

In 2011, the Scottish Football Association created two new operational boards, Professional and Non-Professional, to provide more focused governance in these differing areas of the game. Junior football is represented on the Non-Professional Game Board alongside other organisations such as the [[East of Scotland Football League]], [[South of Scotland Football League]] and [[Scottish Amateur Football Association]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Structure and Strategy|url=http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_football.cfm?page=2560|website=Scottishfa.co.uk|access-date=9 February 2016}}</ref>

== Name ==
The term "junior" does not relate to the age of players. Football for young players is generally known as "Youth" (up to Under-19) or "Juvenile" (which is to Under-21 level) football. In the late 19th century, membership of the SFA conferred "senior" status on a club and the junior grade developed outside the SFA framework. Today, the senior grade of football in Scotland is played in the [[Scottish Professional Football League]] (until 2013 divided into the [[Scottish Premier League]] and the [[Scottish Football League]]), as well as the six senior non-leagues: the [[Highland Football League]], the [[Lowland Football League]], the [[North Caledonian Football Association|North Caledonian League]] the [[East of Scotland Football League]], the [[South of Scotland Football League]] and the [[West of Scotland Football League]]. Over time, as various local football associations and leagues — both junior and senior — have risen in strength, or in some cases disappeared completely.  Scottish football developed its current pattern with either junior or senior non-leagues taking precedence in various parts of the country with some occasional overlap. Nowadays, membership of the SJFA automatically confers on a club registered membership of the SFA; however, junior and senior non-league clubs still play in separate competitions.

Despite the lesser media coverage the juniors get, many of the club sides are fairly popular, and some of the bigger games (such as the local derbies between [[Arthurlie F.C.|Arthurlie]] and [[Pollok F.C.|Pollok]], and [[Cumnock Juniors F.C.|Cumnock Juniors]] vs. [[Auchinleck Talbot F.C.|Auchinleck Talbot]]) can attract attendances in the thousands. Crowds were far bigger in the past (76,000 for the Junior Cup Final in 1951, with nearly 90,000 watching the semi-finals (including a replay) compared to the level of support attracted now.

== Organisation and regions ==
The SJFA has 112 member clubs, comprising: [[Scottish Junior Football Association, East Region|Midlands League]] (19 clubs), [[Scottish Junior Football Association, North Region|North of Scotland League]] (33 clubs) in SJFA-administered leagues, as well as 52 [[West of Scotland Football League|West of Scotland League]] and 8 [[East of Scotland Football League|East of Scotland League]] teams who have retained their membership or rejoined the SJFA after moving leagues.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Club Directory 2022-23 |url=https://www.scottishjuniorfa.com/media/2892/club-directory-2022-23.pdf |website=Scottishjuniorfa.com }}</ref>

=== Member clubs ===
{{See also|List of Scottish Junior Football Association clubs}}
'''Midlands League''' (19)

Arbroath Victoria, Blairgowrie, Brechin Victoria, Broughty Athletic, Carnoustie Panmure, Coupar Angus, Downfield, Dundee North End, Dundee St. James, Dundee Violet, East Craigie, Forfar United, Forfar West End, Kirriemuir Thistle, Letham, Lochee Harp, Lochee United, Scone Thistle, Tayport

'''North of Scotland League''' (33)

Aberdeen East End, Aberdeen University, Banchory St Ternan, Banks O' Dee Juniors, Bridge of Don Thistle, Buchanhaven Hearts, Buckie Rovers, Burghead Thistle, Colony Park, Cruden Bay, Culter, Deveronside, Dufftown, Dyce, Ellon United, Forres Thistle, Fraserburgh United, Glentanar, Hall Russell United, Hermes, Islavale, Longside, Lossiemouth United, Maud, Montrose Roselea, Nairn St Ninian, New Elgin, Newmachar United, Rothie Rovers, Stonehaven, Stoneywood Parkvale, Sunnybank, Whitehills

'''East of Scotland League''' (8)

Armadale Thistle, Bathgate Thistle, Harthill Royal, Livingston United, Pumpherston, Stoneyburn, Syngenta <sup>[[Scottish Football Association|[SFA]]]</sup>, West Calder United

'''West of Scotland League''' (52)

Ardeer Thistle, Ardrossan Winton Rovers, Arthurlie, Ashfield, Auchinleck Talbot <sup>[[Scottish Football Association|[SFA]]]</sup>, Beith Juniors, Belshill Athletic, Benburb <sup>[[Scottish Football Association|[SFA]]]</sup>, Blantyre Victoria, Cambuslang Rangers, Carluke Rovers, Craigmark Burntonians, Cumbernauld United, Cumnock Juniors <sup>[[Scottish Football Association|[SFA]]]</sup>, Dalry Thistle, Darvel <sup>[[Scottish Football Association|[SFA]]]</sup>, East Kilbride Thistle, Gartcairn, Glasgow Perthshire, Glasgow United, Glenafton Athletic, Greenock, Hurlford United, Irvine Meadow XI <sup>[[Scottish Football Association|[SFA]]]</sup>, Irvine Victoria, Johnstone Burgh, Kilbirnie Ladeside, Kilsyth Rangers, Kirkintilloch Rob Roy, Lanark United, Largs Thistle, Larkhall Thistle, Lesmahagow, Lugar Boswell Thistle, Maryhill, Maybole, Muirkirk, Newmains United, Petershill, Rossvale, Royal Albert, Rutherglen Glencairn <sup>[[Scottish Football Association|[SFA]]]</sup>, St. Anthony's, St. Roch's, Saltcoats Victoria, Shotts Bon Accord, Thorniewood United, Troon, Vale of Clyde, Vale of Leven, Wishaw, Yoker Athletic

'''Note'''

{{note label|licence|SFA|SFA}} Club with an SFA Licence<ref>{{cite web|title=Licensed Clubs - June 2020|url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/media/8007/scottish-fa-club-licensing-awards-june-2021.pdf|access-date=3 July 2021|website=Scottish FA}}</ref>

=== League structure ===
Currently there are two regional junior league systems: the East Region with a single division and the North Region with two divisions. The top division of each region sits at tier 6 of the [[Scottish football league system]], with a play-off enabling promotion to the [[Highland Football League|Highland League]] for clubs with an SFA licence.

There was previously a [[Scottish Junior Football Association, West Region|West Region]] league system which contained 63 clubs at the end of the 2019–20 season, prior to its members leaving the Juniors to join a new [[West of Scotland Football League]] in the [[Scottish football league system|senior pyramid]].<ref>[http://slfl.co.uk/pyramid-update-67-applications-approved/#more-13209 Pyramid Update – 67 Applications Approved], [[Scottish Lowland Football League]], 14 April 2020</ref><ref>[https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/junior-clubs-west-are-about-get-best-both-worlds-2542801 Junior clubs in the west are about to get the best of both worlds], The Scotsman, 19 April 2020</ref> 53 of those clubs kept their membership of the SJFA in order to enter the Scottish Junior Cup. A similar move had also greatly reduced the East Region's membership two years earlier when 25 clubs joined the [[East of Scotland Football League]] ahead of the 2018–19 season,<ref name="2018 move">{{cite web|last=McLauchlin|first=Brian|date=7 June 2018|title=East of Scotland League vote signals exodus of 25 junior clubs|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44408030|access-date=23 April 2020|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> with a further 20 clubs making the move over the next three years.
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" cellpadding="0" border="1"
|-
![[Scottish football league system|Tier]]
! colspan="1" |[[SJFA East Region|East Region]] (ERSJFA)
![[SJFA North Region|North Region]] (NRJFA)
|-
!6
| colspan="1" align="center" |'''[[Midlands Football League|Midlands League]]'''
''19 clubs playing 36 games''

''↑ 1 promotion playoff spot to [[Highland Football League|Highland League]]''
| colspan="1" align="center" |'''[[North Region Junior Football League|North Region League]] Premier Division'''
''14 clubs playing 26 games''

''↑ 1 promotion playoff spot to [[Highland Football League|Highland League]]''

''↓ 2 relegation spots''
|-
!7
| style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
| colspan="1" align="center" |'''[[North Region Junior Football League|North Region League]] Championship'''

''16 clubs playing 30 games''

''↑ 4 promotion spots''
|}

==== Leagues by period ====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="12" |Before WWII
! colspan="2" |After WWII
!1st re-organisation
!2nd re-organisation
!Pyramid
|-
| colspan="12" style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
|'''Dumfries &  District Amateur Junior League'''

1945–1951
| colspan="4" style="background-color: #cfcfcf"|
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
| colspan="3" |'''Border Junior League'''

1912–1922
| rowspan="6" |'''[[East Junior Football League#1922–1968 era|East of Scotland Junior League]]'''
1922–1929
| colspan="2" |'''Border Junior League'''

1926–1929
| colspan="7" style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
|-
|'''Edinburgh &  District Junior League'''
1892–1897
|'''Leith & District League'''
1897–1898
| colspan="5" style="background-color: #cfcfcf"|
| colspan="4" rowspan="5" |'''[[East Junior Football League#1922–1968 era|Midlothian Junior League]]'''
1929–1941
| colspan="2" rowspan="5" |'''[[East Junior Football League#1922–1968 era|Edinburgh & District Junior League]]'''

1945–1968
| rowspan="5" |'''[[East Junior Football League#1968–2002 era|East Region Junior League]]'''

1968–2002
| rowspan="16" |'''[[Scottish Junior Football Association, East Region|SJFA East Region League]]'''

2002–2021
| rowspan="8" style="background-color: #cfcfcf"|
|-
| colspan="3" style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
| colspan="4" |'''East of Scotland Junior League'''{{Efn|Named Edinburgh Junior League between 1904 and 1912, Lothian Junior League between 1915 and 1918.}}
1904–1922
|-
| colspan="7" |'''Midlothian Junior League'''

1892–1922
|-
| colspan="3" style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
| colspan="4" |'''Linlithgowshire Junior League'''

1904–1922
|-
| colspan="5" |'''East Lothian Junior  League'''
1893–1915
| colspan="2" style="background-color: #cfcfcf"|
|-
| colspan="4" rowspan="2" style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |'''Fife Junior League'''

1913–1919
|'''Fife Junior League'''

1919–1921
| colspan="7" rowspan="2" |'''[[Fife Junior Football League#1913–1968 era|Fife County Junior League]]'''
1921–1968
| rowspan="3" |'''[[Fife Junior Football League#1968–2002 era|Fife Region Junior League]]'''

1968–2002
|-
|'''West of Fife Junior League'''

1919–1921
|-
| colspan="3" style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
| colspan="4" |'''East Neuk Junior League'''
1908–1922
| colspan="7" style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
|-
| style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
| colspan="13" |'''Angus Junior League'''{{Efn|Named Segell Challenge Cup League between 1897 and 1900, Forfar & Brechin Junior League between 1900 and 1901, Forfar & District Junior League between 1902 and 1930.}}

1897–1969
| rowspan="8" |'''[[Tayside Junior Football League|Tayside Region Junior League]]'''{{Efn|Originally named Midland Region Junior League between 1969 and 1975.}}

1969–2002
| rowspan="8" |[[Midlands Football League|'''Midlands League''']]

2021–
|-
| colspan="7" |'''Arbroath & District League'''
1893–1924
| colspan="7" style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
|-
| colspan="3" |'''Montrose Junior League'''
1892–1906
| colspan="11" style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
|-
| colspan="3" style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
| colspan="5" |'''Kincardineshire Junior League'''
1907–1932
|<small>Montrose and Kincardineshire League</small>

1932–1936
|'''Montrose & Kincardineshire Junior League'''

1936–1939
| colspan="4" style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
|-
| colspan="12" style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
|'''Kincardineshire Junior League'''{{Efn|Originally named Angus & Kincardineshire Junior League between 1946 and 1948.}}

1946–1955
| style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
|-
| colspan="14" |'''Dundee & District Junior League'''
1894–1969
|-
| colspan="9" style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
| colspan="5" |'''Perthshire Junior League'''{{Efn|Originally named Perth & District Junior League between 1928 and 1942.}}

1928–1969
|-
| colspan="10" |'''Perthshire Junior League'''{{Efn|Originally named Perth & District Junior League between 1899 and 1914.}}
1899–1929
| colspan="4" style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
|-
| colspan="2" style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
| colspan="12" |'''Aberdeenshire & District Junior League'''

1901–1968
| rowspan="6" |'''[[North Junior Football League|North Region Junior League]]'''
1968–2001
| colspan="2" rowspan="6" |'''[[Scottish Junior Football Association, North Region|SJFA North Region League]]'''
2001–
|-
| colspan="2" style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
| colspan="12" |'''Morayshire Junior League'''

1905–1968
|-
| colspan="2" style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
| colspan="10" |'''Buckie & District Junior League'''
1905–1936
| colspan="2" style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
|-
| colspan="6" style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
| colspan="6" |'''Ross-shire Junior League'''
1920–1945
| colspan="2" style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
|-
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
| colspan="9" rowspan="2" |'''[[North Caledonian Football Association|North of Scotland Junior League]]'''

1896–1935
| colspan="2" |'''[[North Caledonian Football Association|North of Scotland Junior League]]'''

1935–1938
| colspan="2" style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
|-
|→
<small>[[North Caledonian Football Association|North of Scotland 2nd XI League]]</small>

<small>1935–</small>
| colspan="3" style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
|-
| colspan="7" |'''Kilmarnock & District Junior League'''
1895–1921
| colspan="7" style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
| rowspan="7" |'''[[Ayrshire Junior Football League#1968–2002 era|Ayrshire Region Junior League]]'''

1968–2002
| rowspan="15" |'''[[Scottish Junior Football Association, West Region|SJFA West Region League]]'''

2002–2020
| rowspan="15" style="background-color: #cfcfcf"|
|-
| colspan="7" |'''Ayr & District Junior League'''
1896–1922
| colspan="5" rowspan="2" |'''South Ayrshire Junior League'''{{Efn|Named Ayrshire Southern League between 1926 and 1928, Ayrshire Junior League between 1928 and 1931.}}
1926–1932
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
|-
| colspan="6" style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
|'''South Ayrshire Junior League'''
1920–1926
|-
| style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
| colspan="2" |'''Ayrshire Junior League'''
1899–1905
| colspan="11" style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
|-
| colspan="2" style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
| colspan="3" |'''Cumnock & District Junior League'''
1902–1914
| colspan="9" style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
|-
| colspan="2" style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
| colspan="5" |'''Irvine & District Junior League'''
1907–1920
| colspan="7" style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
|-
| colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |'''[[Ayrshire Junior Football League#1919–1968 era|Western Junior League]]'''
1919–1927
|<small>[[Intermediate dispute|Western Intermediate League]]</small>

<small>1927–1931</small>
| colspan="5" |'''[[Ayrshire Junior Football League#1919–1968 era|Western League]]'''
1931–1968
|-
| colspan="6" style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
| rowspan="8" |'''[[Central Junior Football League#1968–2002 era|Central Region Junior League]]'''

1968–2002
|-
| style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
| colspan="9" |'''Renfrewshire Junior League'''{{Efn|Originally Named Western Junior League between 1898 and 1902.}}
1897–1934
| colspan="4" style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
|-
| colspan="8" |'''[[Glasgow Junior Football League|Glasgow Junior League]]'''

1895–1927
|<small>[[Intermediate dispute|Scottish Intermediate League]]</small>

<small>1927–1931</small>
| colspan="5" |'''[[Central Junior Football League#1931–1968 era|Scottish Central Junior League]]'''

1931-1968
|-
| colspan="14" |'''[[Lanarkshire Junior Football League|Lanarkshire Junior League]]'''

1891–1968
|-
| style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
| colspan="7" |'''Stirlingshire Junior League'''{{Efn|Originally named Stirling & District Junior League between 1896 and 1901.}}
1896–1927
| colspan="6" style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
|-
| style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
| colspan="2" |'''Clackmannanshire Junior League'''
1896–1909
| colspan="11" style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
|-
| style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
| colspan="4" |'''Dumbartonshire Junior League'''

1898–1913
| colspan="9" style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
|-
| colspan="2" style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
| colspan="11" |'''[[Scottish Junior Football League|Scottish Junior League]]'''
1908–1947
|style="background-color: #cfcfcf"|
|-
| colspan="9" style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
| colspan="3" |'''Campbeltown & District Junior League'''
1930–1940
| colspan="5" style="background-color: #cfcfcf" |
|}
{{Notelist}}

== Cup competitions ==

As well as the local leagues, there are a number of local cup competitions competed for;  however, the biggest competition is the [[Scottish Junior Cup]], which every junior club competes for annually, with the final generally held at the end of May. This cup was established in 1886. The final broadcast live on BBC Alba. The cup's sponsor for 18 years, until the start of the 2006–07 season, was OVD Demerara Rum, replaced at the semi-final stage of the [[2006–07 Scottish Junior Cup|2006–07 competition]] by Scottish coach operator [[Scottish Citylink|Citylink]]. [[Emirates Airlines]] sponsored the tournament from 2009–2013<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/other-sports-news/emirates-airlines-announce-deal-to-sponsor-scottish-junior-cup-at-first-round-draw-1.825663|title = Emirates Airlines announce deal to sponsor Scottish Junior Cup at first round draw|website=Heraldscotland.com | date=September 2009 }}</ref> and ETHX Energy was the sponsor for 2015–16.<ref>{{cite news|title=Paisley firm ETHX Energy clinches Scottish Cup sponsorship deal as Troon ace Colin Spence revels in mouth-watering third-round draw|url=http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/juniors/13934632.Juniors__Paisley_firm_ETHX_Energy_clinches_Scottish_Cup_sponsorship_deal_as_Troon_ace_Colin_Spence_revels_in__mouth_watering_third_round_draw/|access-date=9 February 2016|work=[[Evening Times]]|date=4 November 2015}}</ref> The current tournament sponsor is [[Macron (sportswear)|Macron]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.scottishjuniorfa.com/sjfa/scottish_football.cfm?page=2069|title=Macron unveiled as sponsor of the Scottish Junior Cup|date=2018-08-28|website=Scottishjuniorfa.com|access-date=2019-08-21}}</ref>

==Juniors in the Scottish Cup==
The first attempt by the [[Scottish Football Association]] to allow Junior representation in the [[Scottish Cup]] was voted down in June 2005.<ref>{{cite news|title=Cup door closed on junior clubs|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_div_1/4600705.stm|access-date=26 October 2016|work=[[BBC Sport]]|date=1 June 2005}}</ref> In June 2007 however, the SFA did approve changes to the way that all non-league clubs entered the Scottish Cup. The North and South [[Scottish Qualifying Cup|Qualifying Cups]] for full and associate member clubs in non-league football, which had both sent their four semi-finalists into the main competition, were scrapped and all these clubs now qualified automatically for the first round. In addition, the winners of the [[East of Scotland Football League]], [[South of Scotland Football League]] and top two clubs in the [[Highland Football League]] all received a bye to the second round, even if that club was only a registered member of the SFA.

Further to this move, allowing registered member clubs to qualify for the Scottish Cup for the first time, it was announced that the winners of the [[Scottish Junior Cup]], [[Scottish Junior Football North Premier League|North Superleague]], [[Scottish Junior Football East Region Super League|East Superleague]] and [[West of Scotland Super League Premier Division]] would qualify for the first round.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Geddes|first1=Bob|last2=Geddes|first2=Drew|title=Cup changes welcomed|url=http://www.solwaypress.co.uk/archiveViewer.asp?ID=79&r=f|access-date=2 February 2016|work=solwaypress.co.uk|publisher=Solway Press Services|date=8 June 2007}}</ref> This process has continued with the winners of the [[Scottish Amateur Cup]] qualifying for the first round from 2015 onwards.<ref>{{cite news|title=History makers Harestanes fall at first hurdle|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/33949956|access-date=2 February 2016|work=[[BBC Sport]]|date=15 August 2015}}</ref> [[Girvan F.C.|Girvan]] still qualified for the Scottish Cup from 2007 as a result of their historic full membership of the SFA. In 2014, they were joined as annual entrants to the competition by [[Banks O' Dee F.C.|Banks O' Dee]] and [[Linlithgow Rose F.C.|Linlithgow Rose]] who achieved the SFA National Club Licensing criteria.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} Girvan themselves were awarded a National Club License in June 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Girvan Football Club are excited to announce that we have been awarded The Scottish Football Association's National Club Licensing Certificate Entry Level Award|url=https://www.facebook.com/girvanfc/photos/a.433571978444.237811.127112768444/10153904523383445/?type=3&theater |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/127112768444/10153904523383445 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|website=Facebook.com|publisher=Girvan FC|access-date=26 October 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

If a Junior club does a "double" by winning their respective Superleague championship and the Junior Cup, runners-up do not qualify and the Juniors are only represented by three qualifying entrants. This occurred in the [[2007–08 Scottish Cup]] which was the first competition since the changes as [[Linlithgow Rose F.C.|Linlithgow Rose]] had won both league and cup. Rose performed the best of all three Junior qualifiers in this inaugural season, reaching the fourth round before losing to eventual finalists, [[Queen of the South F.C.|Queen of the South]]. Of the other early entrants, [[Pollok F.C.|Pollok]] defeated [[St Cuthbert Wanderers F.C.|St Cuthbert Wanderers]] before taking [[Montrose F.C.|Montrose]] to a replay in Glasgow, watched by 1,873 spectators. North champions [[Culter F.C.|Culter]] defeated two [[East of Scotland League]] clubs before losing to [[Highland Football League|Highland League]] side [[Huntly F.C.|Huntly]] in the third round.

In the [[2008–09 Scottish Cup|2008–09]] competition, [[Banks O' Dee F.C.|Banks O' Dee]] achieved the first double figure scoreline by a Junior club, with a 10–0 defeat of Highland League [[Fort William F.C.|Fort William]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Locos land home Scottish Cup tie|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/8237110.stm|access-date=2 February 2016|work=[[BBC Sport]]|date=3 September 2009}}</ref> This was bettered in the [[2016–17 Scottish Cup|2016–17]] cup by [[Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic F.C.|Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic]], whose 14–0 defeat of [[Burntisland Shipyard Amateur F.C.|Burntisland Shipyard]] remains the largest margin of victory by a Junior side in the competition.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Thomson|first1=Scott|title=Bonnyrigg 14, Burntisland 0: Biggest Scottish Cup win since 1984|url=http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/lower-leagues/bonnyrigg-rose/bonnyrigg-14-burntisland-0-biggest-scottish-cup-win-since-1984-1-4220850|access-date=26 October 2016|work=Edinburgh Evening News|date=4 September 2016|archive-date=26 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026233008/http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/lower-leagues/bonnyrigg-rose/bonnyrigg-14-burntisland-0-biggest-scottish-cup-win-since-1984-1-4220850|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Irvine Meadow XI F.C.|Irvine Meadow]] became the first Junior side to knock out Scottish Football League opposition in 2009, defeating [[Arbroath F.C.|Arbroath]] in the third round and became the first side to face Premier League opposition when they drew [[Hibernian F.C.|Hibernian]] in the next round.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Grahame|first1=Ewing|title=Minnows Irvine Meadow prepare to enter 'fantasyland' as Hibernian cup tie looms|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/hibernian/6694821/Minnows-Irvine-Meadow-prepare-to-enter-fantasyland-as-Hibernian-cup-tie-looms.html|access-date=2 February 2016|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=1 December 2009}}</ref> [[Linlithgow Rose F.C.|Linlithgow Rose]]'s defeat of [[Forfar Athletic F.C.|Forfar Athletic]] in the [[2015–16 Scottish Cup|2015–16]] competition saw them become the first Junior side to reach the fifth round.<ref>{{cite news|title=Linlithgow Rose bloom on their Scottish Cup travels|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35416720|access-date=2 February 2016|work=[[BBC Sport]]|date=27 January 2016}}</ref> In 2016-17 Bonnyrigg defeated [[Scottish Championship]] side [[Dumbarton F.C.|Dumbarton]] away from home in the third Round.

In the intervening years, Junior clubs have had reasonable success with several clubs defeating Scottish Football League opposition. These results are listed below:

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|team1= [[Irvine Meadow XI F.C.|Irvine Meadow]]
|score= 1−0
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|team2= '''[[Arbroath F.C.|Arbroath]]'''
|goals1= Barr {{goal|36}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Meadow Park
|location= [[Irvine, North Ayrshire|Irvine]]
|attendance= 1,150
|referee=
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|date=23 October 2010
|time=15:00
|team1= '''[[Albion Rovers F.C.|Albion Rovers]]'''
|score= 0−1
|report=[http://www.espn.co.uk/football/match?gameId=308958 Report]
|team2= [[Sunnybank F.C.|Sunnybank]]
|goals1=
|goals2= {{goal|10}} Gordon
|stadium= [[Cliftonhill Stadium]]
|location= [[Coatbridge]]
|attendance= 357
|referee=
}}

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|date=23 October 2010
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|team1= [[Bo'ness United F.C.|Bo'ness United]]
|score= 2−1
|report=[http://www.espn.co.uk/soccer/matchstats?gameId=308953 Report]
|team2= '''[[Queen's Park F.C.|Queen's Park]]'''
|goals1= [[Derek Fleming|Fleming]] {{goal|45|pen.}}<br />[[Paul Shields (footballer)|Shields]] {{goal|75}}
|goals2= {{goal|9}} Brough
|stadium= [[Newtown Park, Bo'ness|Newtown Park]]
|location= [[Bo'ness]]
|attendance= 1,271
|referee=
}}

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|date=8 November 2014
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|team1= [[Bo'ness United F.C.|Bo'ness United]]
|score= 5−4
|report=[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/29870667 Report]
|team2= '''[[Elgin City F.C.|Elgin City]]'''
|goals1= [[Darren Gribben|Gribben]] {{goal|4||31}}<br />[[Will Snowdon|Snowdon]] {{goal|17}}<br />Campbell {{goal|65}}<br />Walker {{goal|77}}
|goals2= {{goal|11|pen.|42}} [[Shane Sutherland|Sutherland]]<br />{{goal|72}} Nicolson<br />{{goal|88}} [[Marvin Andrews|Andrews]]
|stadium= [[Newtown Park, Bo'ness|Newtown Park]]
|location= [[Bo'ness]]
|attendance= 1,280
|referee=
}}

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|team1= '''[[Forfar Athletic F.C.|Forfar Athletic]]'''
|score= 0−1
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|report=[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35289266 Report]
|team2= [[Linlithgow Rose F.C.|Linlithgow Rose]]
|goals1=
|goals2= {{goal|115}} [[Kevin Kelbie|Kelbie]]
|stadium=[[Station Park, Forfar|Station Park]]
|location=[[Forfar]]
|attendance= 1,168
|referee=
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|time=19:45
|team1='''[[Dumbarton F.C.|Dumbarton]]'''
|score=0–1
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|team2=[[Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic F.C.|Bonnyrigg Rose]]
|goals1=
|goals2=<!--A-->Nelson {{goal|86}}
|stadium=[[Dumbarton Football Stadium]]
|location=[[Dumbarton]]
|attendance= 632
|referee=
}}
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|date=19 January 2019
|time=12:15
|team1=[[Auchinleck Talbot F.C.|Auchinleck Talbot]]
|score=1–0
|team2='''[[Ayr United F.C.|Ayr United]]'''
|report=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46847743
|goals1=McCracken {{goal|78}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Beechwood Park
|location=[[Auchinleck]]
|attendance=3,100
|referee=Euan Anderson
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|date=19 October 2019
|time=14:30
|team1=[[Auchinleck Talbot F.C.|Auchinleck Talbot]]
|score=1–0
|team2='''[[Cove Rangers F.C.|Cove Rangers]]'''
|report=<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish-cup-matches/?mid=236109 |title=Scottish Cup Matches |publisher=Scottish FA |date=19 October 2019 |access-date=20 October 2019}}</ref>
|goals1=Hyslop {{goal|88}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Beechwood Park
|location=[[Auchinleck]]
|referee=Kevin Graham
|attendance=750
}}

== Scotland Junior international team ==
{{Infobox national football team
| Name                   = Scotland Juniors
| Badge                  = 
| Nickname               =  
| Association            =
| Coach                  = Keith Burgess
| Captain                = [[Craig Pettigrew]]
| Most caps              = Bert McNab (12)
| Top scorer             = [[George Wilson (Clyde footballer)|George Wilson]] (7)<br />Dennis Gray (7)
| FIFA Trigramme         = 
| Home Stadium           = 
| pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=|pattern_ra1=|leftarm1=191970|body1=191970|rightarm1=191970|shorts1=191970|socks1=191970
| First game             = {{flagicon|Scotland}} Scotland 10–1 England {{flagicon|England}}<br />([[Hamilton, South Lanarkshire|Hamilton]], [[Scotland]]; 11 May 1889)
| Largest win            = {{flagicon|Scotland}} Scotland 11–0 Ireland {{flagicon|Ireland|1783}}<br />([[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]]; 15 February 1890)
| Largest loss           = {{flagicon|England}} England 5–0 Scotland {{flagicon|Scotland}}<br />([[Wolverhampton]], [[England]]; 9 April 1927)
}}
Juniors also play internationally, with the best players being picked to play for the Scottish Junior international team against other countries' non-league select teams. The [[Umbro]]-sponsored [[Junior International Quadrangular Tournament]] takes place every two years and is contested between teams from Scotland, the [[Republic of Ireland national Junior football team|Republic of Ireland]], [[Northern Ireland national Junior football team|Northern Ireland]] and the [[Isle of Man official football team|Isle of Man]].<ref name=nonleague>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071012041911/http://nonleaguescotland.co.uk/juniorscotland.htm Junior Scotland Representative Squad] [Scotland details from 1994 to 2005], Non-League Scotland, 12 October 2007 (archived)</ref> The tournament is hosted in turn by each country, with matches taking place at the larger junior grounds in the host country, such as Dunterlie Park, [[Pollok F.C.|Pollok]]'s Newlandsfield and [[Petershill Park]] when the tournament was held in Scotland in 2005.{{Citation needed |date=June 2023 |reason=The used url 'https://www.scottishjuniorfa.com/page-not-found/' is a error page.}} The team's most capped player is Bert McNab, of [[Petershill F.C.|Petershill]], who won 12 caps between 1951 and 1955.<ref>{{Harvnb|McGlone|McLure|1987|p=175}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.petershillfc.co.uk/petershill_008.htm |title=History |publisher=[[Petershill F.C.]] |access-date=13 October 2018}}</ref>

The team have been led since 2008 by former [[Glenrothes F.C.|Glenrothes]], [[Tayport F.C.|Tayport]] and [[Kelty Hearts F.C.|Kelty]] manager, Keith Burgess.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/evening-times/20081009/282424165039893|title=Budgie Builds again as stars join senior ranks|via=PressReader|access-date=26 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/12800504.juniors-league-jigsaw-pieces-starting-to-fit-into-place/|title = JUNIORS: League jigsaw pieces starting to fit into place|website=Eveningtimes.co.uk | date=19 February 2008 }}</ref>

=== Team history ===
After the formation of the Scottish Junior Football Association in 1886, officials began to explore opportunities for representative international matches. On receipt of a £17 guarantee, the Lancashire Junior League in England agreed to raise a team, and on 11 May 1889 the first junior international was played at [[Douglas Park]], [[Hamilton, South Lanarkshire|Hamilton]], with Scotland winning 10–1. A return fixture could not be arranged as the Lancashire league could not provide a sufficient guarantee.<ref>{{Harvnb|McGlone|McLure|1987|p=140}}</ref>

On 15 February 1890, Scotland played their first match against Ireland at [[Braehead Park|Hibernian Park]], Glasgow.<ref>[https://www.scottishjuniorfa.com/scottish-junior-fa/internationals/ Scottish Junior FA Internationals], Scottish Junior Football Association</ref> The 11–0 scoreline in the hosts' favour remains a record victory for the Scottish Junior international team. This fixture did become an annual event, and on 14 February 1891 the team travelled to [[Belfast]] for their first away match, a 1–1 draw at Ulsterville, the home of [[Linfield F.C.|Linfield]].<ref>{{Harvnb|McGlone|McLure|1987|p=143}}</ref>

In 1894, games against England resumed with a fixture against [[Birmingham County Football Association|Birmingham & District Counties F.A.]] in Leamington. These games continued until [[World War II]], then were revived for a short period in the 1970s. Scotland suffered a record 5–0 defeat in the 1927 fixture at [[Molineux Stadium|Molineux]], [[Wolverhampton]].<ref>{{Harvnb|McGlone|McLure|1987|p=164}}</ref>
Games against Wales began in 1912 with a fixture against a representative side of the North Wales Coast F.A, the first game taking place in [[Bangor, Gwynedd|Bangor]] on 13 April, Scotland winning 2–1.<ref>{{Harvnb|McGlone|McLure|1987|p=161}}</ref>

In 1920, the Scottish Junior international side created history by being the first representative football side from Scotland to undertake a foreign tour. In June, a party of 13 players and three officials visited [[Norway]] and played three games each in [[Stavanger]] and [[Bergen]].<ref>{{Harvnb|McGlone|McLure|1987|p=162}}</ref><ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/brit-ier-tours-prewwii.html British and Irish Clubs - Overseas Tours 1890-1939] RSSSF, 4 February 2019</ref> The [[Scotland national football team|full Scottish national side]] did not play a match outwith the British Isles until 1929 when they also travelled to Norway.

A game against the [[Irish Free State]] was played on 9 March 1929 in [[Dublin]] with Scotland winning 2–1 but regular games against a Republic of Ireland side did not begin until 1947. The first game in this series was played at [[Dalymount Park]], [[Dublin]] on 25 May, with Scotland winning 3–2.<ref>{{Harvnb|McGlone|McLure|1987|p=166}}</ref>

In September 1975, the team travelled to [[Osnabrück]], [[West Germany]], to play three matches against a [[British Army of the Rhine|BAOR]] Select side, winning two of the games.<ref>{{Harvnb|McGlone|McLure|1987|p=172}}</ref>

The number of games against the different home nations has varied in regularity over the years. From 1958 until 1967, Northern Ireland were Scotland's only opponents, while in the 1970s there was an eight-year gap between the two sides meeting. Currently, games against England and Wales are in abeyance, and the team contest the biannual Quadrangular Tournament with friendly and testimonial matches arranged intermittently in the intervening seasons.

=== Current squad ===
The following players were selected for the [[Junior International Quadrangular Tournament]] which was held in [[Glasgow]], from 11–14 October 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/sjfa/scottish_fa_news.cfm?page=1747&newsCategoryID=28&newsID=17184 |title=Umbro Quadrangular Squad |work=Scottish Junior FA |date=4 September 2017 |access-date=5 September 2017}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Position
! Name
! Club
|-
| [[Goalkeeper (association football)|GK]] || Richie Barnard || [[Linlithgow Rose F.C.|Linlithgow Rose]]
|-
| [[Goalkeeper (association football)|GK]] || Andy Leishman || [[Auchinleck Talbot F.C.|Auchinleck Talbot]]
|-
| [[Defender (association football)|DF]] || [[Jonathan Brown (Scottish footballer)|Jonathan Brown]] || [[Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic F.C.|Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic]]
|-
| [[Defender (association football)|DF]] || Nicky Docherty || [[Beith Juniors F.C.|Beith Juniors]]
|-
| [[Defender (association football)|DF]] || Andy Forbes || [[Penicuik Athletic F.C.|Penicuik Athletic]]
|-
| [[Defender (association football)|DF]] || Dean Hoskins || Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic
|-
| ''[[Defender (association football)|DF]]'' || ''Colin Leiper (withdrew)''|| ''Linlithgow Rose''
|-
| ''[[Defender (association football)|DF]]'' || ''Richie McKillen (withdrew)''|| ''[[Hurlford United F.C.|Hurlford United]]''
|-
| [[Defender (association football)|DF]] || [[Ewan Moyes]]|| Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic
|-
| [[Defender (association football)|DF]] || [[Craig Pettigrew]] || Auchinleck Talbot
|-
| [[Defender (association football)|DF]] || Mark Sideserf || [[Pollok F.C.|Pollok]]
|-
| [[Midfielder|MF]] || Ross Brash || Pollok
|-
| [[Midfielder|MF]] || [[Paul Burns (footballer)|Paul Burns]] || [[Cumnock Juniors F.C.|Cumnock Juniors]]
|-
| [[Midfielder|MF]] || [[Phil Johnston (footballer)|Phil Johnston]] || [[Clydebank F.C.|Clydebank]]
|-
| [[Midfielder|MF]] || Lewis Mackenzie || [[Dundonald Bluebell F.C.|Dundonald Bluebell]]
|-
| [[Midfielder|MF]] || Gary McCann || Pollok
|-
| [[Midfielder|MF]] || Colin Spence || [[Arthurlie F.C.|Arthurlie]]
|-
| [[Midfielder|MF]] || Bryan Young || Pollok
|-
| [[Forward (association football)|FW]] || Bryan Boylan || [[Kilwinning Rangers F.C.|Kilwinning Rangers]]
|-
| [[Forward (association football)|FW]] || [[David McKenna (footballer)|David McKenna]] || Beith Juniors
|-
| [[Forward (association football)|FW]] || Keir Milliken || Beith Juniors
|-
| [[Forward (association football)|FW]] || Graham Wilson || Auchinleck Talbot
|-
|}

=== Notable players ===
The following list, with one exception, notes players who all went on to gain full international honours for [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] after winning junior international caps,<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/scot-doublecaps.html Scotland - Double Internationals], [[RSSSF]], 23 May 2019</ref> the junior club with which they played at the time and the year of their junior cap.{{sfn|McGlone|McLure|1987|p=136–190}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scottish-football-historical-archive.co.uk/scotlandjuniors.xls|title=Scotland Junior International Results and Lineups|work=Scottish Football Historical Archive |access-date=3 October 2017}}</ref>

[[Bob Foyers]] was a member of the team which played the first ever Scotland Junior international fixture in May 1889, and after joining [[St Bernard's F.C.|St Bernard's]] the following year, became the first dual Junior/Senior international in 1893 when capped against [[Wales national football team|Wales]].<ref>{{cite web|title=FOYERS, Bob (1901)|url=https://sites.google.com/site/hamiltonacademicalmemorybank/players/foyers-bob-1901|website=Hamilton Academical Memory Bank|access-date=8 November 2017}}</ref>

[[Harry Rennie]] earned his Junior cap as a defender and signed for [[Greenock Morton F.C.|Morton]] as such, but became a goalkeeper aged 23 in 1897 and won ten Senior caps in his new position.<ref>{{cite book | last = Cairney| first = John| title = A Scottish Football Hall of Fame| type = Paperback | year = 2004 | publisher = Mainstream Sport | isbn = 1-84018-920-7}}</ref>

The highest number of players from a Junior international match to go on to win Senior caps is four. In April 1896, [[Hugh Morgan (footballer born 1869)|Hugh Morgan]], [[Willie Muir]], [[Tommy Low]] and [[Bobby Walker (footballer born 1879)|Bobby Walker]], helped Scotland defeat England 4–0 at [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa's]] [[Wellington Road (Perry Barr)|Wellington Road]] ground. A further six players from the team also stepped up to Senior football.

The one exception noted on the list is [[Paul Wilson (footballer, born 1950)|Paul Wilson]]. The former [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] forward was capped in 1980 after his Senior career while turning out for [[Blantyre Celtic F.C.|Blantyre Celtic]], alongside another former Celt and dual international, [[Jimmy Johnstone]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Smith|first1=Andrew|title=Interview: Paul Wilson on Stein, Celtic and racial abuse in the 1970s|url=http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/teams/celtic/interview-paul-wilson-on-stein-celtic-and-racial-abuse-in-the-1970s-1-1901659|access-date=8 November 2017|work=Scotsman.com|date=10 October 2011}}</ref>

Two players also received full caps for other nations after playing for Scotland Juniors: [[Archie Blue]] for [[Australia men's national soccer team|Australia]] and [[Tommy O'Hara]] for the [[United States national men's soccer team|United States]].

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
|-
! Name
! Club
! Year(s)
|-
|{{sortname|Bob|Foyers}} || [[Burnbank Swifts F.C.|Burnbank Swifts]] || 1889
|-
|{{sortname|Nicol|Smith}} || [[Darvel F.C.|Darvel Juniors]] || 1893
|-
|{{sortname|John|Fyfe|dab=footballer}} || South Western || 1893
|-
|{{sortname|Harry|Rennie}}<ref>{{cite web|title=HARRY RENNIE|url=http://www.hibshistoricaltrust.org.uk/goalkeepers/harry-rennie|website=Hibshistoricaltrust.org.uk|access-date=8 November 2017|language=en-gb}}</ref> || Greenock Volunteers || 1895
|-
|{{sortname|Hugh|Morgan|Hugh Morgan (footballer born 1869)}} || Longriggend Wanderers || 1896
|-
|{{sortname|Willie|Muir}} || [[Glenbuck Cherrypickers F.C.|Glenbuck Athletic]] || 1896
|-
|{{sortname|Tommy|Low}} || [[Parkhead F.C.|Parkhead]] || 1896
|-
|{{sortname|Bobby|Walker|Bobby Walker (footballer born 1879)}} || Dalry Primrose || 1896
|-
|{{sortname|Bobby|Templeton|dab=footballer, born 1880}} || Kilmarnock Rugby XI || 1898
|-
|{{sortname|David|Lindsay|dab=Scottish footballer}} || [[Rutherglen Glencairn F.C.|Rutherglen Glencairn]] || 1899
|- 
|{{sortname|Jimmy|Raeside}} || [[Parkhead F.C.|Parkhead]] || 1899
|-
|{{sortname|Donald|Colman}} || [[Maryhill F.C.|Maryhill]] || 1899–1903
|-
|{{sortname|George|Key}} || [[Parkhead F.C.|Parkhead]] || 1899
|-
|{{sortname|Willie|Lennie}} || [[Maryhill F.C.|Maryhill]] || 1901
|-
|{{sortname|Alec|Bennett|Alex Bennett (footballer)}} || [[Rutherglen Glencairn F.C.|Rutherglen Glencairn]] || 1902–1903
|-
|{{sortname|Andrew|Richmond|dab=footballer}} || [[Parkhead F.C.|Parkhead]] || 1903
|-
|{{sortname|Jimmy|Lawrence}} || [[Glasgow Perthshire F.C.|Glasgow Perthshire]] || 1904
|-
|{{sortname|Jimmy|Croal}} || Falkirk Juniors || 1905
|-
|{{sortname|Jimmy|Brownlie}} || [[Blantyre Victoria F.C.|Blantyre Victoria]] || 1906
|-
|{{sortname|William|Key|dab=footballer}} || [[Vale of Clyde F.C.|Vale of Clyde]] || 1899
|-
|{{sortname|Jimmy|Gordon|Jimmy Gordon (footballer, born 1888)}} || Renfrew Victoria || 1907
|-
|{{sortname|Andy|Cunningham|Andy Cunningham (footballer)}} || Newmilns || 1908
|-
|{{sortname|Peter|Nellies}} || [[Douglas Water Thistle F.C.|Douglas Water Thistle]] || 1908
|-
|{{sortname|Kenny|Campbell}} || [[Cambuslang Rangers]] || 1911
|-
|{{sortname|Tommy|McInally}}<ref name="ants">{{cite web|title=Internationalists|url=http://www.antshistory.moonfruit.com/#/internationalists/4555354195|website=Antshistory.moonfruit.com|access-date=5 May 2017|language=en}}</ref> || [[St Anthony's F.C.|St Anthony's]] || 1919
|-
|{{sortname|John|Gilchrist|John Gilchrist (footballer, born 1900)}}<ref name="ants" /> || [[St Anthony's F.C.|St Anthony's]] || 1919
|-
|{{sortname|Jimmy|Dunn|Jimmy Dunn (footballer, born 1900)}}<ref name="ants" /> || [[St Anthony's F.C.|St Anthony's]] || 1920
|-
|{{sortname|James|Hamilton|dab=footballer, born 1901}} || [[Vale of Clyde F.C.|Vale of Clyde]] || 1922
|-
|{{sortname|Dougie|Gray}} || [[Mugiemoss F.C.|Mugiemoss]] || 1925
|-
|{{sortname|Benny|Yorston}} || [[Mugiemoss F.C.|Mugiemoss]] || 1925
|-
|{{sortname|Jimmy|Connor|Jimmy Connor (footballer, born 1909)}} || [[Glasgow Perthshire F.C.|Glasgow Perthshire]] || 1926
|-
|{{sortname|Danny|Liddle}}<ref>{{cite web|author1=Jim Corstorphine|title=Black, Gold and Blue - Dan Liddle|url=https://eastfifefc.info/latest-news/273-the-bayview-black-gold-and-blue-dan-liddle|website=eastfifefc.info|publisher=East Fife FC|access-date=8 November 2017|language=en-gb|date=24 August 2017}}</ref> || Wallyford Bluebell || 1929
|-
|{{sortname|Scot|Symon}}<ref>{{cite web|last1=Gordon|first1=David|title=Double Standards: Remembering Scot Symon|url=http://www.cricketscotland.com/news/article/double-standards-remembering-scot-symon/|website=Cricketscotland.com|access-date=8 May 2017|language=en|date=18 April 2016}}</ref> || [[Dundee Violet F.C.|Dundee Violet]] || 1930
|-
|{{sortname|Matt|Armstrong}} || [[Port Glasgow Athletic Juniors F.C.|Port Glasgow Athletic]] || 1931
|-
|{{sortname|Bobby|Hogg|Bobby Hogg (footballer, born 1914)}} || [[Royal Albert F.C.|Royal Albert]] || 1931
|-
|{{sortname|Johnny|Crum}}<ref>{{cite web|title=John Crum Biography|url=http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/football_player_profile.cfm?page=2492&playerID=112819&squadID=1|website=Scottishfa.co.uk|publisher=Scottish Football Association|access-date=3 May 2017|language=en}}</ref> || [[Ashfield F.C.|Ashfield]] || 1932
|-
|{{sortname|Bobby|Beattie}} || [[Kilwinning Rangers F.C.|Kilwinning Rangers]] || 1933
|-
|{{sortname|Frank|Murphy|dab=footballer, born 1915}} || [[Maryhill Hibernians F.C.|Maryhill Hibernians]] || 1933
|-
|{{sortname|Jock|Brown|John Brown (footballer, born 1915)}} || Prestwick Glenburn Rovers /<br />[[Shawfield F.C.|Shawfield]] || 1934 /<br />1935
|-
|{{sortname|John|Kelly|dab=footballer, born 1921}} || [[Arthurlie F.C.|Arthurlie]] || 1939
|-
|{{sortname|Bobby|Dougan}} || [[Shawfield F.C.|Shawfield]] || 1947
|-
|{{sortname|Johnny|Anderson|Johnny Anderson (footballer)}} || [[Arthurlie F.C.|Arthurlie]] || 1948
|-
|{{sortname|Dave|Mackay|Dave Mackay (footballer born 1934)}} || [[Newtongrange Star F.C.|Newtongrange Star]] || 1953
|-
|{{sortname|George|Mulhall}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Glorious Halifax at the end of Mulhall's winding road|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12298272.Glorious_Halifax_at_the_end_of_Mulhall_apos_s_winding_road/|access-date=8 November 2017|work=HeraldScotland|date=25 April 1998|language=en}}</ref> || [[Kilsyth Rangers F.C.|Kilsyth Rangers]] || 1953
|-
|{{sortname|Alex|Scott|Alex Scott (footballer, born 1936)}} || [[Bo'ness United F.C.|Bo'ness United]] || 1953–1955
|-
|{{sortname|Andy|Weir|dab=footballer}} || [[Arthurlie F.C.|Arthurlie]] || 1955
|-
|{{sortname|Pat|Quinn|Pat Quinn (footballer)}} || [[Bridgeton Waverley F.C.|Bridgeton Waverley]] || 1956
|-
|{{sortname|Paddy|Crerand}} || [[Duntocher Hibernian F.C.|Duntocher Hibernian]] || 1958
|-
|{{sortname|Stevie|Chalmers}} || [[Ashfield F.C.|Ashfield]] || 1959
|-
|{{sortname|Jim|Scott|Jim Scott (footballer)}} || [[Bo'ness United F.C.|Bo'ness United]] || 1959
|-
|{{sortname|Jimmy|Johnstone}} || [[Blantyre Celtic F.C.|Blantyre Celtic]] || 1962
|-
|{{sortname|John "Dixie"|Deans|John Deans}} || [[Neilston Juniors F.C.|Neilston Juniors]] || 1965
|-
|{{sortname|Drew|Jarvie}} || [[Kilsyth Rangers F.C.|Kilsyth Rangers]] || 1967
|-
|{{sortname|Willie|Pettigrew}} || [[East Kilbride Thistle F.C.|East Kilbride Thistle]] || 1973
|-
|{{sortname|Ian|Wallace|Ian Wallace (footballer, born 1956)}} || [[Yoker Athletic F.C.|Yoker Athletic]] || 1974
|-
|{{sortname|Paul|Wilson|Paul Wilson (footballer, born 1950)}}<ref>{{cite news|last1=McElroy|first1=Robert|title=Obituary - Paul Wilson, footballer and the first Asian to represent Scotland|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/15557324.Obituary___Paul_Wilson__footballer_and_the_first_Asian_to_represent_Scotland/|access-date=8 November 2017|work=HeraldScotland|date=26 September 2017|language=en}}</ref> || [[Blantyre Celtic F.C.|Blantyre Celtic]] || 1980
|-
|{{sortname|Brian|Martin|Brian Martin (footballer, born 1963)}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Brian Martin - Players - Shotts Bon Accord|url=http://www.sba.teamexpert.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=100|website=Sba.teamexpert.co.uk|access-date=5 May 2017|language=en}}</ref> || [[Shotts Bon Accord F.C.|Shotts Bon Accord]] || 1983
|}

== Tournament records ==
=== Quadrangular Tournament ===
{{Main|Junior International Quadrangular Tournament}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!Year
!Host nation
!Round
!Position
!GP
!W
!D
!L
!GS
!GA
|- bgcolor=gold
|1993–94 || [[Republic of Ireland]] || Final||1st||2||2||0||0||3||1
|- bgcolor=silver
|1994–95 || [[Scotland]] ||Final||2nd||2||1||0||1||7||4
|-
|1995–96  || [[Isle of Man]] ||3rd place play-off||3rd||2||1||0||1||4||1
|- bgcolor=gold
|1996–97  || [[Northern Ireland]] ||Final||1st||2||2||0||0||6||3
|-
| 1997–98  || Republic of Ireland ||3rd place play-off||3rd||2||1||0||1||4||2
|- bgcolor=silver
|1998–99  || Scotland  ||Final||2nd||2||1||1||0||5||1
|- bgcolor=silver
|1999–00  || Isle of Man  ||Final||2nd||2||1||0||1||2||3
|- bgcolor=silver
|2000–01<sup>1</sup>  || Northern Ireland ||–||2nd||3||2||0||1||5||2
|- bgcolor=gold
|2003–04  || Republic of Ireland ||–||1st||3||1||2||0||6||4
|- bgcolor=gold
|2004–05  || Scotland ||–||1st||3||2||0||1||4||1
|- bgcolor=gold
|2007–08  || Isle of Man ||–||1st||3||2||1||0||8||6
|- bgcolor=gold
|2009–10  || Northern Ireland ||–||1st||3||2||1||0||6||3
|- bgcolor=silver
|2013  || Republic of Ireland ||–||2nd||3||2||0||1||10||4
|- bgcolor=silver
|2017  || Scotland ||–||2nd||3||2||1||0||5||3
|-
|'''Total'''|||||| ||'''35'''||'''22'''||'''6'''||'''7'''||'''75'''||'''38'''
|}
<sup>1</sup>[[Round-robin tournament]] format used from 2000–01 onwards.

== Notes ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== References ==
{{Refbegin}}
*{{citation|last1=McGlone |first1=David |last2=McLure |first2=Bill |year=1987 |title=The Juniors&nbsp;– 100 Years. A Centenary History of Scottish Junior Football |publisher=Mainstream |isbn=1-85158-060-3}}
{{Refend}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|scottishjuniorfa.com}}
{{Scottish Junior Football Association}}{{Scottish Football Association}}
{{Football in Scotland}}
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