The tournament had its origins in the
Intermediate dispute of the 1920s, in which most of the leading Junior clubs in the west of Scotland left the
Scottish Junior Football Association and formed their own
Scottish Intermediate Football Association in 1927, which organised new leagues and cups similar to those run by the
SJFA, including the
Scottish Intermediate Cup as a replication of the flagship Junior competition, the
Scottish Junior Cup. The format remained almost unchanged from then on, with mergers in the leagues (
Lanarkshire joining Central in 1968, and Central and Ayrshire merging as West Region in 2002) not affecting involvement in the West Cup. From 2003 until 2012, the winners qualified for the
Evening Times Cup Winners Cup along with the other league and cup winners in the region (this thereafter changed to a 'Champions Cup' format for league divisional winners only). The last winners were
Beith Juniors who defeated
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy in a
Penalty shoot-out (association football) at the 2019 final played at Meadow Park in
Irvine; – its first winners were Hurlford United in 2022. The Junior competition should not be confused with the
West Of Scotland Amateur Cup operated by the
Scottish Amateur Football Association, encompassing a similar geographical area and occupying a similar prominence below the
Scottish Amateur Cup, nor with a
West of Scotland Cup for Under-21 teams operated by the
Scottish Youth FA. == Finals ==