Notts County back in EFL with sub goalkeeper Archie Mair the shoot-out hero

The netminder was sent on in the last minute of extra-time. 
Notts County back in EFL with sub goalkeeper Archie Mair the shoot-out hero

GOING UP: Notts County’s substitute goalkeeper Archie Mair was their Wembley shoot-out hero (John Walton/PA)

Substitute goalkeeper Archie Mair was the hero as Notts County beat Chesterfield in a Wembley penalty shoot-out to end a four-year absence from the English Football League.

Mair, on loan from Norwich and sent on in the final minute of extra time for the spot-kick contest, denied Darren Oldaker and Jeff King with full-length saves as County won 4-3 on penalties after the game had been drawn 2-2 after 120 minutes.

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