During the 1999–2000 competition, the semi-finals and final were moved to the springtime to avoid the congestion of fixtures caused by the early rounds of the UEFA club competitions and Scotland's representatives in Europe were given automatic byes until the third round of competition.
I løbet af 1999-2000 konkurrence, den semi-finalen og finalen blev flyttet til foråret, for at undgå overbelastning af kampe, der er forårsaget af de tidlige runder af UEFA's klubturneringer og Skotlands repræsentanter i Europa fik automatisk plads i tredje runde af konkurrencen.