2013–14 Scottish Youth Cup

November 2014 Scottish FA Youth Cup 2013–14 SFA Youth Cup Scotland 44 Rangers Heart of Midlothian 2012–13 2014–15 The 2013–14 Scottish Youth Cup was the 31st season of the Scottish Youth Cup, the national knockout tournament at youth level organised by the Scottish Football Association for its full and associate member clubs. The tournament was for the under-20 age group, to complement current youth development strategies, having formerly been an under-19 competition. Players born after 1 January 1994 were eligible to play.Spartans out to break young Hearts in Youth Cup http://www.spartansfc.com/2013/07/28/spartans-out-to-break-young-hearts-in-youth-cup/ spartansfc.com The Spartans FC 30 July 2013 28 July 2013 Rangers won the cup, defeating Heart of Midlothian after a penalty shootout in the final.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27403333 Rangers break Hearts in Youth Cup penalty shoot-out win BBC Sport BBC 13 May 2014 14 May 2014http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/13160414.Scottish_Youth_Cup_final__Durie_s_boys_triumph_after_dramatic_penalty_shoot_out/ Scottish Youth Cup final: Durie's boys triumph after dramatic penalty shoot-out The Herald 13 May 2014 19 August 2017 Calendar Round Match date Fixtures Clubs First Round Sunday 25 August 2013 1 44 → 43 Second Round Sunday 22 September 2013 11 43 → 32 Third Round Sunday 20 October 2013 16 32 → 16 Fourth round Sunday 24 November 2013 8 16 → 8 Quarter-finals Sunday 23 February 2014 4 8 → 4 Semi-finals Sunday 13 April 2014 2 4 → 2 Final 1 2 → 1 Format The sixteen clubs who reached the fourth round of the 2012–13 competition receive a bye to the third round of this season's tournament. The remaining twenty eight clubs enter the first round and are initially divided into three regional groups to reduce travelling. The tournament becomes an all-in national competition from the third round onwards. First round The draw for the first and second rounds took place in July 2013.http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_fa_news.cfm?page=3164&newsCategoryID=4&newsID=12242 Scottish FA Youth Cup first and second round draws 30 July 2013 Scottish Football Association 30 July 2013 Central Group One tie was drawn in this group with the following clubs receiving a bye to the second round: 30em Alloa Athletic Arbroath Clyde Dumbarton Dundee East Fife Forfar Athletic Greenock Morton Heart of Midlothian Motherwell Queen's Park Raith Rovers St Johnstone Spartans Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Home team Score Away teamAirdrieonians3 – 3 (2 – 4 pens) Edinburgh City North Group No first round ties were drawn in this group with all the following clubs receiving byes to the second round. Clachnacuddin Cove Rangers Formartine United Fraserburgh Keith Lossiemouth Ross County South Group No first round ties were drawn in this group with all the following clubs receiving byes to the second round. Annan Athletic Hawick Royal Albert Queen of the South Second round Central Group The following clubs received byes to the third round. Dumbarton Greenock Morton St Johnstone Home team Score Away teamHeart of Midlothian 6 – 1 SpartansStirling Albion 2 – 1 Alloa AthleticQueen's Park 1 – 0 Forfar AthleticStenhousemuir 1 – 0 DundeeMotherwell 3 – 0 East FifeRaith Rovers 4 - 2ClydeEdinburgh City1 – 3Arbroath North Group Formartine United received a bye to the third round. Home team Score Away teamLossiemouth0 – 1FraserburghRoss County2 – 1ClachnacuddinCove Rangers6 – 1Keith South Group Queen of the South received a bye to the third round. Home team Score Away teamHawick Royal Albert 2 – 7 Annan Athletic Third round The following sixteen clubs entered at this stage by virtue of having reached the fourth round of last season's competition: 30em Aberdeen Ayr United Celtic Cowdenbeath Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Hamilton Academical Hibernian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Livingston Montrose Partick Thistle Rangers St Mirren The third round draw was announced on 24 September 2013.http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_fa_news.cfm?page=1986&newsCategoryID=4&newsID=12545 Scottish FA Youth cup third round draw 24 September 2013 Scottish Football Association 29 September 2013 Home team Score Away teamSt Johnstone3 – 0Stirling AlbionQueen of the South4 – 1Annan AthleticCove Rangers1 – 3CowdenbeathQueen's Park2 – 2 (4 – 1 pens)Inverness Caledonian ThistleDunfermline Athletic1 – 0Dundee UnitedSt Mirren2 – 1Partick ThistleFalkirk1 – 3Raith RoversLivingston0 – 1Ayr UnitedGreenock Morton2 – 0FraserburghMontrose0 – 4MotherwellFormartine United3 – 2ArbroathKilmarnock3 – 0AberdeenRangers6 – 0DumbartonCeltic4 – 0StenhousemuirHamilton Academical2 – 4Heart of MidlothianHibernian5 – 1Ross County Fourth round The draw for the fourth round took place in October 2013 with ties played on 24 November and 1 December 2013http://spfl.co.uk/news/article/scottish-fa-youth-cup-draw-23/ Scottish FA Youth Cup draw 24 October 2013 Scottish Professional Football League 3 November 2013 Home team Score Away teamRangers5 – 1HibernianQueen's Park 3 – 2 Queen of the SouthKilmarnock 3 – 1MotherwellRaith Rovers 1 – 3St MirrenHeart of Midlothian 11 – 0Formartine UnitedGreenock Morton3 – 2 Ayr UnitedSt Johnstone 3 – 1CelticDunfermline Athletic 3 – 1Cowdenbeath Quarter-finals The ties for the quarter-finals were played on 23 February and 2 March 2014. Home team Score Away teamHearts3 – 0Queen's ParkRangers 2 – 0 Dunfermline AthleticKilmarnock 2 – 1MortonSt Johnstone 0 – 1St Mirren Semi-finals The ties for the semi-finals were played on 12 and 13 April 2014. Home team Score Away teamHearts 3 – 0KilmarnockSt Mirren 0 – 1 Rangers Final 13 May 2014 Rangers 2 – 2 BBC Sport Heart of Midlothian Greg Pascazio Craig Halkett Sam Nicholson Billy King St Mirren Park, Paisley 8 – 7 External links Youth Cup on Scottish FA website References 5 Category:Scottish Youth Cup seasons Category:2013–14 in European youth football