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Greens on Screen started its life in 1999 before many of the football sites that we are familiar with today, including Plymouth Argyle's own official site. Greens on Screen is dedicated to the sights, sounds and history of Plymouth Argyle Football club. It is owned and run by the Plymouth Argyle Heritage Archive, a charity dedicated to the promotion, preservation, and display of the heritage of our great football club.

The site owes its existence to Steve Dean.Without Steve's dedication and commitment for over 25 years, GoS would not exist and be the valued and loved resource for all football fans that it is today. The site is truly the envy of many clubs, and we owe a huge debt to Steve for his tireless work, and continued support behind the scenes.

Greens on Screen's first page was published in January 1999. Its early purpose was to bring Plymouth Argyle a little closer to those unable to see their team, and whilst it has changed a great deal over the years, its core themes - sights and sounds for Westcountry exiles - still stand. The site was very lucky to take on the content of Trevor Scallan's Semper Viridis in the summer of 2007, and in 2009 launched GoS-DB, a wealth of facts and figures from PAFC's history. A year later, we embarked on a complete history of Argyle, with much-valued contributions from chapter authors. Greens on Screen was taken over by its new custodians, The Argyle Archive, in 2024.

Greens on Screen is an amateur website and proud of it. It is run by a team of volunteers from the Plymouth Argyle Heritage Archive (Argyle Archive). Without the hard work and much-valued contributions of these volunteers, running the site would not be possible. Greens on Screen is self-taught and as a result, a little bit quirky.

Greens on Screen remains advertisement free, which means we are grateful for the generous support of our donors and the work of our volunteers to help keep it free of promotions. If you would like to support the work of Greens on Screen, please consider donating to the Plymouth Argyle Heritage Archive.

GoS's sole aim is to be a service to fellow supporters, and we look forward to continuing to celebrate Argyle'ss history for many years to come.

Plymouth Argyle Heritage Archive.
April 2024

Welcome to the sights, sounds and history of Plymouth Argyle Football Club

Long gone, never forgotten

Major pitch reconstruction in 2010

PICTURES OF THE DAY
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  • MATCH OF THE DAY: 19 DECEMBER

    • 19 December 1973Football League Cup 5

      Davey Scorcher Stuns Brutal Blues

      Birmingham City  1 - 2  Argyle

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  • ON THIS DAY

  • 1960: The culmination of an extraordinary week. After an excellent League Cup draw at Villa Park (and a record 9-0 defeat against Stoke in the league), Argyle held top-flight Aston Villa to a 0-0 scoreline at the end of 90 minutes of the League Cup replay. With the game due to enter extra-time, and with the prospect of a third match at a neutral ground (no penalties then), the referee abandoned the game because torrential rain had turned the pitch into a morass of mud. Argyle claimed that the replay should be replayed; Villa wanted the third attempt at a neutral venue. The Football League Management Committee had to intervene and ruled in the Pilgrims' favour. Villa won the tie 5-3 two months later.

  • 1973: Another of Argyle's great victories; in the fifth round of the League Cup: Birmingham City 1 Argyle 2 (Welsh and Davey). Argyle continued their astonishing sequence of away victories at tier 1 clubs in a match staged on a midweek afternoon because of the power crisis. With Burnley and Queens Park Rangers slayed in previous rounds, it was the Blues' (including Trevor Francis) turn to suffer a rampant Argyle and their jubilant fans.

  • 2006: Plymouth Argyle Football Company Ltd and The Council of The City of Plymouth exchanged contracts for the purchase of Home Park. Reported as the day that Argyle took ownership, this was actually not the case; the transfer of the absolute freehold title was completed five weeks later. Five years later, in December 2011, the property was transferred back to the Council, a crucial step in the rescue of the club.

  • BORN THIS DAY

    • 1948: John Wingate - 1 game, no goals in 1968.

    Wingate made his single appearance for Argyle as an amateur before returning to non-league Dawlish. He was given a second opportunity in league football by ... more

    1964: Phil Gee - 6 games, no goals in 1995.

    A player who will forever be associated with Peter Shilton's dismal relegation side of 1994/95, Gee was a desperate throw of the dice by Shilton that summed up ... more


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