2016–17 Scottish Cup

2016–17 William Hill Scottish Cup
Country  Scotland
Teams 93
Matches played 13
Goals scored 56 (4.31 per match)
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All statistics correct as of 10 September 2016.

The 2016–17 Scottish Cup will be the 132nd season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The tournament will be sponsored by bookmaker William Hill in what will be the sixth season of a nine-year partnership, after contract negotiations saw the initial five-year contract extended for an additional four years in October 2015.[1]

The defending champions are Hibernian, who defeated Rangers in the 2016 final.[2][3]

Media coverage

From round four onwards, selected matches from the Scottish Cup are broadcast live in the UK and Ireland by BBC Scotland and Sky Sports. BBC Scotland has the option to show one tie per round with Sky Sports showing two ties per round with one replay; also, Sky Sports show both semi-finals live with one also on BBC Scotland & both channels screen the final live.

Calendar

The calendar for the 2016–17 Scottish Cup qualifying rounds, as announced by Scottish Football Association.[4]

Round Main date Number of fixtures Clubs New Entries
Preliminary Round 1 13 August 2016 5 93 → 88 10
Preliminary Round 2 3 September 2016 6 88 → 82 7
First Round 24 September 2016 18 82 → 64 30
Second Round 22 October 2016 16 64 → 48 14
Third Round 26 November 2016 16 48 → 32 16
Fourth Round 21 January 2017 16 32 → 16 16
Fifth Round 11 February 2017 8 16 → 8 None
Quarter-Finals 4 March 2017 4 8 → 4 None
Semi-Finals 22 & 23 April 2017 2 4 → 2 None
Final 27 May 2017 1 2 → 1 None

Preliminary rounds

The draw for the Preliminary Rounds took place at the Coldstream Museum on Monday 18 July 2016. There were 17 clubs involved in the draw. Of which, 7 would receive byes to the Second Preliminary Round, while the other 10 would enter in the First Preliminary Round. The teams competing in these rounds were made up of teams from the East of Scotland Football League, South of Scotland Football League, Scottish Junior Football Association and the Scottish Amateur Football Association. There were three parts to the draw. The first part determined which 7 clubs, from the 10 eligible, that would receive a bye to the Second Preliminary Round. The 3 clubs which do not receive a bye into the Second Preliminary Round will enter the First Preliminary Round, 5 ties were drawn in the First Preliminary Round to be played on Saturday, 13 August 2016. The final part of the draw will see 6 ties drawn in the Second Preliminary Round to be played on Saturday, 3 September 2016.[5]

Preliminary round 1

Draw

Teams in Bold advanced to the first round.

Clubs eligible for a bye Clubs participating in the First Preliminary Round Draw

01. Banks O’Dee
02. Burntisland Shipyard
03. Coldstream
04. Edusport Academy
05. Girvan
06. Glasgow University
07. Golspie Sutherland
08. Linlithgow Rose
09. Threave Rovers
10. Wigtown & Bladnoch

11. Auchinleck Talbot
12. Beith Juniors
13. Bonnyrigg Rose
14. Colville Park
15. Leith Athletic
16. Newton Stewart
17. St Cuthbert Wanderers

The following teams received a bye to the Second Preliminary Round: Banks O’Dee, Burntisland Shipyard, Coldstream, Girvan, Golspie Sutherland, Linlithgow Rose and Threave Rovers.[6]

Matches

Replay

Preliminary round 2

Matches

Replay

First round

The first round took place on the weekend of 24 September. Along with the six winners from the Second Preliminary Round, there were 30 new entries at this stage, 14 from the Lowland Football League and 16 from the Highland Football League.[4] From the first round, should a replayed tie go to extra time, teams will be permitted to use an additional fourth substitute in the extra time period.[7]

Draw

The draw for the first round was made on Monday, 5 September at 2:30pm. The draw took place at Edinburgh College and was made by Hibernian's cup winning captain David Gray. It was streamed live on the Scottish Cup's official Facebook page.[8]

Teams in Italics were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the second round.

Lowland Football League Highland Football League Other

East of Scotland teams

SJFA teams

Matches

Replays

Second round

The second round took place on the weekend of 22 October. Along with the 18 winners from the first round, there will be 14 new entries at this stage, two from the Lowland Football League, two from the Highland Football League and 10 from Scottish League Two.[4]

Draw

The draw for the second round was hosted by Highland Football League champions Cove Rangers and took place at the Aberdeen Altens Hotel on Monday, 26 September at 6pm. Scottish Football Association president, Alex McRea will oversee the draw which will be made by Nigg Community Council chairperson Alan Strachan.[9]

Teams in Italics were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the third round.

Scottish League Two Lowland Football League Highland Football League Other

SJFA teams

Matches

Replays

Third round

The third round is due to take place on the weekend of 26 November 2016. Along with the 16 winners from the second round, there will be 16 new entries at this stage, 10 from Scottish League One and six from the Scottish Championship.[4]

Draw

The draw for the third round was made at 6pm on Tuesday, 25 October. The draw took place at Cappielow and was hosted by Greenock Morton. Chief Executive of the Greenock Morton Community Trust, Warren Hawke helped make the draw.[10]

Teams in Italics were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the fourth round.

Scottish Championship Scottish League One Scottish League Two Other

Lowland Football League

Highland Football League

SJFA teams

Matches

A total of nine third round ties were postponed due to frozen pitches. The St Mirren-Spartans, Beith Juniors-Greenock Morton, Clyde-Arbroath, Albion Rovers-Queen of the South and Stirling Albion-Wick Academy matches were postponed on Friday, 25 November, a day before they were due to take place after failing pitch inspections due to the freezing weather. These games were subsequently rearranged for 29 November 3 and 6 December.[11][12] The Queen's Park-Montrose match was originally scheduled for 29 November due to the League Cup final taking place at Hampden Park, Queen's Park's home ground, on 27 November.[13] A further three games were postponed after failing early pitch inspections on Saturday, 26 November. These were the East Fife-Edinburgh City, Stranraer-East Kilbride and Brechin City-Ayr United matches. The Formartine United-Annan Athletic match originally passed a pitch inspection at 7am but was postponed after failing at supplementary inspection at 10:30am after temperatures in Pitmedden hadn't risen as expected.[11][12]

Replays

Notes
  1. ^ A- Originally due to start at 1:30pm, kick-off was delayed by 10 minutes in the Bonnyrigg Rose-Dumbarton match to allow more supporters entry to the ground.[14]

Fourth round

The fourth round is due to take place on the weekend of 21 January 2017. Along with the 16 winners from the third round, there will be 16 new entries at this stage, four from the Scottish Championship and 12 from the Scottish Premiership.[4]

Draw

The draw for the fourth round was made at 6:35pm on Monday, 28 November. The draw was at Rugby Park, hosted by Kilmarnock. It was made by Kilmarnock's 1997 Scottish Cup winning midfielder Gary Holt, alongside the Scottish Football Association President, Alan McRae, and Liz Poole-Adams from competition sponsors William Hill.[15]

Teams in italics were not known at the time of the draw.

Scottish Premiership Scottish Championship Scottish League One Scottish League Two Teams pending third round results

Matches

Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 3 September 2016
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Wayne McIntosh Bonnyrigg Rose 7
2 Sean Jamieson Bonnyrigg Rose 6
3 Kyle Fee Leith Athletic 2
Paul Frize Beith Juniors
David McGowan Beith Juniors
Fraser McLaren Bonnyrigg Rose
Ewan Moyes Bonnyrigg Rose
Mark Shankland Auchinleck Talbot
Donald Thomson Glasgow University
Chris Tobin Bonnyrigg Rose
Stephen Wilson Auchinleck Talbot

References

  1. ↑ "Bookmakers William Hill extend sponsorship of Scottish Cup". Sky Sports. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Rangers 2-3 Hibernian: Sunshine on Leith as Edinburgh club win their first Scottish Cup to end 114-year curse". Daily Mail. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Rangers 2-3 Hibernian". BBC Sport. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "William Hill Scottish Cup Competition 2016-17" (PDF). Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "Coldstream Museum set to host preliminary round draws". scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "Preliminary round draws made in Coldstream". scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "William Hill Scottish Cup first round draw takes place". scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish FA. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "William Hill Scottish Cup first round draw". scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish FA. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  9. ↑ "Cove Rangers to host second round draw". scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. 23 September 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  10. ↑ "Scottish Cup third round draw venue confirmed". scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. 19 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  11. 1 2 "Nine Scottish Cup third-round ties postponed". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  12. 1 2 "Scottish Cup Third Round fixture update". scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish FA. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  13. ↑ "Scottish Cup 3rd Round Arrangements". queensparkfc.co.uk. Queen's Park FC. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  14. ↑ "Bonnyrigg Rose on Twitter". twitter.com/Bonnyriggrose81. Bonnyrigg Rose FC. 26 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  15. ↑ "Rugby Park to host Fourth Round draw". scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish FA. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.

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