Archie Mair

Archie Mair
Personal information
Full name Archie Barclay Mair[1]
Date of birth (2001-02-10) 10 February 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Turriff, Scotland
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Motherwell
(on loan from Norwich City)
Number 1
Youth career
Aberdeen
2019–2020 Norwich City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– Norwich City 0 (0)
2020–2021 → King's Lynn Town (loan) 23 (0)
2021–2022 → Lincoln City (loan) 0 (0)
2022 → Dartford (loan) 5 (0)
2023 → Notts County (loan) 4 (0)
2023–2024 → Gateshead (loan) 25 (0)
2024 → Morecambe (loan) 21 (0)
2025– → Motherwell (loan) 1 (0)
International career‡
2016–2018 Scotland U17 6 (0)
2018 Scotland U18 1 (0)
2018–2020 Scotland U19 7 (0)
2021 Scotland U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:53, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:44, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

Archie Barclay Mair (born 10 February 2001) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Scottish Premiership club Motherwell on loan from EFL Championship club Norwich City. Mair has also represented Scotland at youth international level.

Starting his career with the youth teams of Aberdeen and Norwich City, Mair has spent loan spells at King's Lynn Town, Lincoln City, Dartford, Notts County, Gateshead & Morecambe.

Club career

Born in Turriff,[2] Mair began his career with Aberdeen,[3] before playing for Norwich City,[4] spending loan spells at King's Lynn Town and Lincoln City.[5] He was recalled by Norwich in January 2022.[6]

He signed on loan for Dartford in November 2022,[7][8] and for Notts County in January 2023.[9][10][11][12] Following his Notts County debut, he was praised by usual first-choice goalkeeper Sam Slocombe.[13] Manager Luke Williams said that his performance "was good, but of course he was involved in two moments where I think the decisions he made were wrong".[14] Mair was brought on as a late substitute for Slocombe in the National League play-off final, and he made two penalty saves in the shootout that won the club promotion to the Football League.[15][16][17][18] Williams said Mair was brought on for the shootout as he had saved a penalty for the club previously, whereas Slocombe had not.[19]

In July 2023 he signed on loan for Gateshead.[20] Mair made 27 appearances in all competitions, before being recalled from his loan on 5 January 2024 in order to facilitate a loan move to EFL League Two club Morecambe.[21]

In January 2025 he signed on loan for Motherwell.[22]

International career

He has represented Scotland at youth international level,[23] including at under-21 level.[24]

Honours

Notts County

References

  1. ^ "Updated squad lists for 2021/22 Premier League". Premier League. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Scotland - A. Mair - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com.
  3. ^ Durent, Jamie. "Bryan Gunn's high hopes for former Aberdeen kid Archie Mair after young keeper's first year at Norwich City".
  4. ^ City, Norwich. "Archie Mair signs new contract at Norwich City". Norwich City Football Club.
  5. ^ "Imps sign Norwich keeper Mair on loan". BBC Sport.
  6. ^ "Nlundulu and Mair recalled by parent clubs". www.redimps.co.uk.
  7. ^ "Loan round-up: Archie Mair makes Dartford debut". Norwich City.
  8. ^ "Loan move for City keeper". The Pink Un.
  9. ^ "Signing: Archie Mair". Notts County FC.
  10. ^ "Mair joins Notts County on loan". Norwich City.
  11. ^ "Young City keeper seals Notts County loan". Eastern Daily Press.
  12. ^ "WATCH: City keeper makes excellent penalty save". The Pink Un.
  13. ^ King, Oliver (23 January 2023). "Sam Slocombe details Archie Mair debut following FA Trophy performance". NottinghamshireLive.
  14. ^ King, Oliver (15 January 2023). "Notts boss assesses Archie Mair debut and issues injury update". NottinghamshireLive.
  15. ^ a b Aloia, Andrew (13 May 2023). "Chesterfield 2–2 Notts County". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  16. ^ "City loan export plays huge role in Notts County promotion". The Pink Un.
  17. ^ "Notts County back in EFL with sub goalkeeper Archie Mair the shoot-out hero". Yahoo Sports.
  18. ^ "Notts County back in EFL with sub goalkeeper Archie Mair the shoot-out hero". The Independent. 13 May 2023.
  19. ^ King, Oliver (13 May 2023). "Luke Williams explains Archie Mair decision as Notts County character hailed". NottinghamshireLive.
  20. ^ McGraghan, Jack (8 July 2023). "Archie Mair signs". Gateshead FC.
  21. ^ "Morecambe sign keeper Mair on loan from Norwich". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  22. ^ "Motherwell sign goalkeeper Mair". BBC Sport. 11 January 2025.
  23. ^ "Archie Mair | Scotland | Scottish FA". Scottish Football Association.
  24. ^ Durent, Jamie. "Former Aberdeen youngster Archie Mair reflects fondly on Scotland under-21 breakthrough and sets sights on more game-time".