The Scottish Junior Cup, also known as the OVD Cup, is a competition organised by the Scottish Junior Football Association. As of 2003/2004, 163 teams were involved in the competition. The Scottish Junior Football Association (SJFA) is the organising body for the junior grade of football (soccer) in Scotland. ...
The cup is extremely venerable, having been competed since before World War II. World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb. ...
The current holder of the trophy is Tayport F.C., who defeated Lochee United F.C. 2-0 in a local derby final, both teams being from the Dundee area. The game took place at Tannadice Stadium in Dundee in May 2005. The game was broadcast live by Scottish Television. Dundees location in Scotland Dundee (Dùn Dèagh in Gaelic) is Scotlands fourth largest city, population 154,674 (2001), situated on the North bank of the Firth of Tay. ... Dundees location in Scotland Dundee (Dùn Dèagh in Gaelic) is Scotlands fourth largest city, population 154,674 (2001), situated on the North bank of the Firth of Tay. ... Scottish Television is Scotlands largest independent television station, and has held the ITV franchise for Central Scotland since 1957. ...
Sponsorship
OVD Demerara Rum company has sponsored the tournament for the last eighteen years. The name OVD has become synonymous with the competition, so much so that the cup is sometimes simply referred to as the OVD Cup.
JUNIOR football has its annual day in the television spotlight tomorrow, when Auchinleck Talbot and Bathgate Thistle go head-to-head in the OVD ScottishJuniorCup final, at Kilmarnock's Rugby Park.
The case for a Scottish "pyramid" is growing more compelling by the season and if these two attack-minded sides can put on an entertaining show, that case would be even harder to ignore.
tom, the highland league is an ok league, however some of the local derbies in the junior leagues can pull a big crowd (i once went to see auchinleck talbot play the mighty glenafton, where the crowd was in the region of 4,500).
The ScottishJuniorCup, is a competition organised by the ScottishJunior Football Association.
The cup is extremely venerable having been competed for since the 1886-87 season, when Fairfield Govan became the first winners of the competition.
The cup's long term sponsor, the OVD Demerara Rum company, who, as of 2006, had an eighteen year-long association with the competition withdrew their backing before the start of the 2006-07 competition.
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