2012–13 Scottish Youth Cup

Scottish FA Youth Cup 2012–13 SFA Youth Cup Scotland 50 Celtic Dunfermline Athletic 2011–12 2013–14 The 2012–13 Scottish Youth Cup was the 30th 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 is now for the under-20 age group to complement current youth development strategies, having formerly been an under-19 competition.http://www.spartansfc.com/2012/08/01/scottish-youth-cup-draw/ Scottish Youth Cup draw Spartans F.C. 1 August 2012 2 August 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20150403090027/http://www.spartansfc.com/2012/08/01/scottish-youth-cup-draw/ 3 April 2015 dead dmy-all Celtic won the competition for the fourth year in succession, defeating Dunfermline Athletic, 3–1 in the final at Hampden Park.Celtic beat Dunfermline 3-1 to retain Scottish Youth Cup https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22375895 BBC Sport 2 May 2013 1 May 2013http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/teams/celtic/dunfermline-u20-1-3-celtic-u20-kennedy-s-side-champs-1-2916605 Dunfermline U20 1 - 3 Celtic U20: Kennedy’s side champs The Scotsman 2 May 2013 19 August 2017 Calendar The final of the competition was brought forward by one day to 1 May 2013 after a request by Dunfermline Athletic, as a number of their youth squad had stepped up to the first-team after the club entered administration.Temple Alan Youth Cup final switched to help out stricken Pars http://www.scotsman.com/the-scotsman/sport/football/youth-cup-final-switched-to-help-out-stricken-pars-1-2895121 2 May 2013 The Scotsman 15 April 2013 Round Match date Fixtures Clubs First Round Sunday 26 August 2012 3 50 → 47 Second Round Sunday 23 September 2012 15 47 → 32 Third Round Sunday 21 October 2012 16 32 → 16 Fourth Round Sunday 25 November 2012 8 16 → 8 Quarter-finals Sunday 24 February 2013 4 8 → 4 Semi-finals Sunday 24 March 2013 2 4 → 2 Final Wednesday 1 May 2013 1 2 → 1 Format The sixteen clubs who reached the Fourth round of the 2011–12 competition receive a bye to the third round of this season's tournament. The remaining thirty four 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 draws for the First and Second Rounds were conducted on 31 July 2012.http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_fa_news.cfm?page=1986&newsCategoryID=45&newsID=10276 Scottish FA Youth Cup first and second round draws 2 August 2012 Scottish Football Association 2 August 2012 Central Group Three ties were drawn in this group with the following clubs receiving a bye to the second round: 30em Alloa Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Fife Edinburgh City Heart of Midlothian Motherwell Partick Thistle Preston Athletic Queen's Park Raith Rovers Spartans Stirling Albion Home team Score Away teamEast Stirlingshire w/oCivil Service StrollersRangers2 – 1St JohnstoneClyde5 – 2 Dundee North Group No First Round ties were drawn in this group with all the following clubs receiving byes to the Second round. Brora Rangers Clachnacuddin Cove Rangers Formartine United Fort William Fraserburgh, Huntly 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 Gala Fairydean Kilmarnock Stranraer Threave Rovers Second round The second round ties are due to be played on or around 23 September 2012.http://youthfootballscotland.co.uk/news-a-media/featured-news/5680-sfa-youth-cup-round-2-weekend-beckons SFA Youth Cup round 2 weekend beckons Youth Football Scotland 20 September 2012 Central Group Home team Score Away teamArbroath4 – 0Preston AthleticAlloa Athletic2 – 7Queen's ParkRangers3 – 0DumbartonPartick Thistle3 – 1SpartansRaith Rovers3 – 0 Berwick RangersHeart of Midlothian2 – 1ClydeEast Fife1 – 0 MotherwellCowdenbeath6 – 3East StirlingshireEdinburgh City3 – 2 Stirling Albion North Group Home team Score Away teamHuntly1 – 2Fort WilliamRoss County6 – 0ClachnacuddinBrora Rangers1 – 8Formartine UnitedFraserburgh5 – 2Cove Rangers South Group Gala Fairydean receive a bye to the third round. Home team Score Away teamAnnan Athleticw/o Threave RoversStranraer2 – 6Kilmarnock Third round The following sixteen clubs enter at this stage by virtue of having reached the fourth round of last season's competition: 30em Aberdeen Airdrie United Ayr United Celtic Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Greenock Morton Hamilton Academical Hibernian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Livingston Montrose Queen of the South St Mirren Stenhousemuir The third round draw took place on 25 September 2012 at Hampden Park, Glasgow.http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_fa_news.cfm?page=1986&newsID=10640&newsCategoryID=1 Scottish FA Youth Cup third round draw 25 September 2012 Scottish Football Association 26 September 2012 Annan Athletic were expelled from the tournament due to player registration errors.http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/annan-hold-hands-up-in-sfa-youth-cup/ Annan hold hands up in SFA Youth Cup Scottish Football League 14 November 2012 15 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20130626081318/http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/annan-hold-hands-up-in-sfa-youth-cup/ 26 June 2013 dead dmy-all Home team Score Away teamHeart of Midlothian1 – 2CelticHibernian13 – 1Fort WilliamAnnan Athleticw/oMontroseEdinburgh City1 – 3Partick ThistleGala Fairydean0 – 13KilmarnockQueen of the South1 – 5Hamilton AcademicalStenhousemuir1 – 3 St MirrenCowdenbeath2 – 1AirdrieArbroath1 – 5AberdeenQueen's Park0 – 4RangersRoss County0 – 2Dunfermline AthleticLivingston8 – 0Formartine UnitedDundee United7 – 1Greenock MortonAyr United3 – 0East FifeRaith Rovers1 – 3FalkirkFraserburgh0 – 8Inverness Caledonian Thistle Fourth round The fourth round draw was conducted on 23 October 2012.http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_fa_news.cfm?page=1986&newsCategoryID=45&newsID=10830 Scottish FA Youth Cup fourth round draw Scottish Football Association 23 October 2012 27 October 2012 Home team Score Away teamPartick Thistle0 – 6Inverness Caledonian ThistleDunfermline Athletic10 – 0MontroseRangers1 – 5KilmarnockAberdeen4 – 2Hamilton AcademicalFalkirk0 – 0 (4 – 5 pens)St MirrenLivingston2 – 3CowdenbeathHibernian2 – 3 CelticAyr United1 – 2Dundee United Quarter-finals The Quarter-final draw was conducted on 27 November 2012.http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_fa_news.cfm?page=1986&newsCategoryID=45&newsID=11023 Scottish FA Youth Cup fifth round draw Scottish Football Association 27 November 2012 27 November 2012 Home team Score Away teamCeltic2 – 0AberdeenDundee United1 – 3St MirrenDunfermline Athletic3 – 2Inverness Caledonian ThistleKilmarnock6 – 0Cowdenbeath Semi-finals The semi-final draw was conducted at Hampden Park on 27 November 2012.http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_fa_news.cfm?page=1986&newsCategoryID=4&newsID=11441 Scottish FA Youth Cup semi-final draw Scottish Football Association 27 February 2013 25 March 2013 24 March 2013 13:00 Dunfermline Athletic 3 – 2 yes DAFC report St Mirren Kerr Young 2Blair Henderson 89Andy Ritchie 118 66 Kieran Doran90+1 Declan Hughes East End Park, Dunfermline 395 Lorraine Clark 24 March 2013 14:00 Celtic 1 – 0 Celtic FC report Kilmarnock Patrik Twardzik 76 pen. Celtic Park, Glasgow Grant Irvine Final 2013 Scottish Youth Cup Final 1 May 2013 19:30 Celtic 3 – 1 The Scotsman Dunfermline Athletic Jamie Lindsay 53Bahrudin Atajić 79Denny Johnstone 84 80 Allan Smith Hampden Park, Glasgow 2,769 Scott Lambie External links Youth Cup on Scottish FA website References 5 Category:Scottish Youth Cup seasons Category:2012–13 in European youth football