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Keeper Sam is still a top man, insists Magpies boss Luke

Luke Williams hailed the character of keeper Sam Slocombe having hauled him off for the penalty shootout that saw Notts County promoted.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
14 May 2023

By Andy Mitchell

WE’VE DONE IT! Substitute keeper Archie Mair holds aloft the trophy after his penalty shootout heroics
PICTURE: Alamy

VICTORIOUS boss Luke Williams hailed the character of keeper Sam Slocombe having hauled him off for the penalty shootout that saw Notts County promoted.
The Magpies returned to the Football League at the fourth time of asking – all three previous attempts had ended in play-off heartache – in the most dramatic fashion, twice coming back from behind to trump Chesterfield on penalties.
Williams threw his own barrel load of spice into the mix by hooking Slo...

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