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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

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PICTURES OF THE DAY
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  • MATCH OF THE DAY: 31 MARCH

    • 31 March 1962Division Two

      Corbett Shines on Debut

      Argyle  3 - 1  Scunthorpe United

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  • ON THIS DAY

  • 1905: Harry Cann was born in Tintagel. He joined Argyle in 1928, keeping goal 232 times until the Second World War, eleven years later. He was a fearless character, suffering many an injury as a result, and holds the dubious honour of playing in Argyle's second worst defeat, a 9-1 thrashing at Everton on December 27th, 1930 (having won 5-1 at home on Boxing Day, and then endured a 10-hour train journey). But the score would have been even worse without him - he received a standing ovation from the Goodison faithful for his goalkeeping heroics.

  • 1964: Prolific goal scorer Wilf Carter made his final appearance for the Pilgrims in a 2-1 defeat at Swansea. Wilf played 275 games, scoring 148 goals between 1957 & 1964, a staggering ratio of more than one goal every two games. With 134 league goals, he remains second in the list of Argyle's all-time top goalscorers.

  • 2007: Mathias Kouo-Doumbe broke Argyle's all-time record for the earliest sending off; he saw red after just 78 seconds in a 3-0 defeat at Ipswich.

  • BORN THIS DAY

    • 1905: Harry Cann - 232 games, no goals between 1928 and 1939.

    Cann was born in Tintagel in 1905 and had developed a reputation as the best goalkeeper in Cornwall when playing for his home town team and the Cornwall County ... more

    1918: Reg Cumner - 2 games, no goals in 1946.

    Although the Second World War was at an end, the Football League divided its competition into regional sections for the 1945-46 season because of the ... more

    1959: John Uzzell - 354 games, 7 goals between 1977 and 1989.

    Born in Plymouth, Uzzell used to stand with his Argyle-loving father at the Barn Park End as a lad, watching the likes of Pat Dunne and Mike Bickle. His ... more

    1996: Ashley Smith-Brown - 37 games, 1 goal between 2018 and 2019.

    The Manchester-born left-back arrived at Home Park as Derek Adams' seventh summer signing towards the end of June 2018. He joined Manchester City's youth ... more


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