Archie Mair

Archie Barclay Mair (born 10 February 2001) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. Mair has represented Scotland at youth international level.

Archie Mair

Personal information
Full name	Archie Barclay Mair[1]
Date of birth	(2001-02-10) 10 February 2001 (age 24)
Place of birth	Turriff, Scotland
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)[2]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
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 as of 18:53, 11 January 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16:44, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

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, and Motherwell.

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]

On 28 April 2025, Norwich announced that Mair would be released from his contract at the end of the 2024‍–‍25 season.^[23]

International career

He has represented Scotland at youth international level,^[24] including at under-21 level.^[25]

Honours

Notts County

• National League play-offs: 2023^[15]