2011–12 Scottish Youth Cup
# 2011–12 Scottish Youth Cup

The 2011–12 Scottish Youth Cup was the 29th season of the Scottish Youth Cup, Scotland's national cup tournament at under-19 age level. The competition is administered by the Scottish Football Association and is open to all Senior clubs.

Celtic won the tournament for a third successive season after defeating Queen of the South by a record 8–0 margin in the final.

## Calendar

The ties for the 2011–12 competition are scheduled as below:

| Round | Match date | Fixtures | Clubs |
| - | - | - | - |
| First Round | Sunday 11 September 2011 | 5 | 53 → 48 |
| Second Round | Sunday 9 October 2011 | 16 | 48 → 32 |
| Third Round | Sunday 13 November 2011 | 16 | 32 → 16 |
| Fourth Round | Sunday 11 December 2011 | 8 | 16 → 8 |
| Quarter-finals | Sunday 12 February 2012 | 4 | 8 → 4 |
| Semi-finals | Sunday 25 March 2012 | 2 | 4 → 2 |
| Final | Monday 23 April 2012 | 1 | 2 → 1 |

## Format

* First Round - 37 teams are divided by geographical area. 21 teams go into the Central Group, 10 into the North Group and 6 into the South Group. The required number of ties are drawn to reduce the number of teams in the Second Round to 32. The rest of teams receive byes into the Second Round.
* Second Round - 5 winners from the First Round join 27 teams, who received byes in the previous round.
* Third Round - 16 winners from the Second Round join the 16 seeded teams, who enter at this stage by virtue of having reached the Fourth Round of last years competition.
* Fourth Round - 16 winners from the Third Round.
* Quarter-finals - 8 winners from the Fourth Round.
* Semi-finals - 4 winners of the Quarter-finals.
* Final - 2 winners of the Semi-finals.

## Fixtures & Results

The draws for the First and Second Rounds were conducted on 22 July 2011.

### First round

**Central Group**

Alloa Athletic, Berwick Rangers, Brechin City, Cowdenbeath, Dundee, Dundee United, East Fife, East Stirlingshire, Edinburgh City, Forfar Athletic, Greenock Morton, Motherwell, Queen's Park, St Johnstone and Stirling Albion receive byes into the Second Round.

| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| - | - | - |
| Partick Thistle | 1 – 2 | Dunfermline Athletic |
| Spartans | 4 – 3 | Dumbarton |
| Arbroath | 8 – 0 | Civil Service Strollers |

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/default.stm

**North Group**

Clachnacuddin, Cove Rangers, Fort William, Fraserburgh, Peterhead and Ross County receive byes into the Second Round.

| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| - | - | - |
| Huntly | 1 – 11 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle |
| Keith | 5 – 1 | Inverurie Loco Works |

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/default.stm

**South Group**

No First Round ties were drawn in this group. Annan Athletic, Gala Fairydean, Kilmarnock, Queen of the South, St Cuthbert Wanderers and Stranraer receive byes into the Second Round.

### Second round

**Central Group**

| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| - | - | - |
| Dundee United | 2 – 0 | Edinburgh City |
| St Johnstone | 6 – 0 | Spartans |
| Dunfermline Athletic | 7 – 1 | East Stirlingshire |
| Motherwell | 1 – 0 | Arbroath |
| Greenock Morton | 4 – 1 | Forfar Athletic |
| Queen's Park | 0 – 3 | East Fife |
| Brechin City | 4 – 1 | Dundee |
| Alloa Athletic | 1 – 2 | Berwick Rangers |
| Cowdenbeath | 1 – 3 | Stirling Albion |

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/default.stm

**North Group**

| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| - | - | - |
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 3 – 1 | Keith |
| Fraserburgh | 0 – 3 | Peterhead |
| Cove Rangers | 3 – 2 (a.e.t.) | Ross County |
| Fort William | 6 – 0 | Clachnacuddin |

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/default.stm

**South Group**

| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| - | - | - |
| Gala Fairydean | 1 – 0 | Stranraer |
| Queen of the South | 7 – 1 | St Cuthbert Wanderers |
| Annan Athletic | 1 – 7 | Kilmarnock |

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/default.stm

### Third round

Seeded clubs for the Third Round are Aberdeen, Airdrie United, Ayr United, Celtic, Clyde, Coldstream, Falkirk, Hamilton Academical, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Livingston, Montrose, Raith Rovers, Rangers, St Mirren and Stenhousemuir.

The Third Round draw was made by Stewart Regan on 18 October 2011.

| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| - | - | - |
| Stenhousemuir | 3 – 2 (a.e.t.) | Raith Rovers |
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 2 – 0 (a.e.t.) | East Fife |
| Dunfermline Athletic | 4 – 2 | St Johnstone |
| Livingston | 5 – 1 | Peterhead |
| Fort William | 0 – 2 | Falkirk |
| Berwick Rangers | 2 – 3 | Queen of the South |
| Celtic | 5 – 0 | Kilmarnock |
| Brechin City | 1 – 3 | Ayr United |
| St Mirren | 5 – 0 | Stirling Albion |
| Greenock Morton | 5 – 1 | Clyde |
| Rangers | 1 – 3 (a.e.t.) | Dundee United |
| Gala Fairydean | 0 – 14 | Aberdeen |
| Cove Rangers | 1 – 2 | Montrose |
| Hibernian | 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) | Heart of Midlothian |
| Coldstream | 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (1 – 3 pens) | Airdrie United |
| Motherwell | 2 – 3 | Hamilton Academical |

### Fourth round

The Fourth round draw was conducted on 16 November 2011.

| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| - | - | - |
| Aberdeen | 4 – 2 | Hamilton Academical |
| St Mirren | 3 – 0 | Hibernian |
| Livingston | 6 – 1 | Airdrie United |
| Ayr United | 4 – 2 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle |
| Montrose | 0 – 4 | Stenhousemuir |
| Falkirk | 1 – 2 (a.e.t.) | Dundee United |
| Celtic | 5 - 0 | Dunfermline Athletic |
| Greenock Morton | 2 – 3 (a.e.t.) | Queen of the South |

### Quarter-finals

The draw for the Quarter-finals was made on 12 December 2011.

| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| - | - | - |
| Livingston | 2 – 4 | Dundee United |
| St Mirren | 2 – 1 | Stenhousemuir |
| Queen of the South | 2 – 1 | Ayr United |
| Aberdeen | 1 – 4 | Celtic |

### Semi-finals

The draw for the Semi-finals took place at Hampden Park on 15 February 2012.

