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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's history for many years to come.

Plymouth Argyle Heritage Archive.
April 2024

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

The partial opening of the brand-new grandstand in September 1952

One of many makeshift dressing rooms in 2020-21

PICTURES OF THE DAY
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  • MATCH OF THE DAY: 11 SEPTEMBER

    • 11 September 1973Division Three

      Paul Mariner's First Goal in Green

      Argyle  5 - 0  Rochdale

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    • 11 September 1965Division Two

      Argyle Batter Unbeaten Blues

      Argyle  6 - 1  Birmingham City

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    • 11 September 1929Division Three South

      Handsome Win in Devon Derby

      Argyle  5 - 0  Torquay United

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    • 11 September 1920Division Three

      Argyle's First Football League Victory

      Argyle  5 - 1  Newport County

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  • ON THIS DAY

  • 1920: Argyle's first Football League victory, Argyle 5 Newport County 1

  • 1973: One of those games that sticks in the memory. After a poor start to the season, Tony Waiters threw in three youngsters for an evening game at Home Park: Alan Rogers, Brian Johnson and a lad from Chorley. The result: Argyle 5 Rochdale 0; Paul Mariner scored twice on his debut.

  • BORN THIS DAY

    • 1932: Peter Anderson - 258 games, 47 goals between 1953 and 1962.

    Born in North Prospect, in Plymouth, in 1932, Anderson rose through the ranks to become one of the finest local players the club has ever produced. In total, ... more

    1967: Gary Poole - 48 games, 7 goals between 1992 and 1993.

    Argyle fans were treated to some special right-backs in the 1980s and '90s – with Gordon Nisbet and Mark Patterson arguably chief among them for loyal, ... more

    1969: Paul Williams - 152 games, 5 goals between 1995 and 1998.

    Born in Leicester, Williams was a popular left-back who arrived at Home Park in the summer of 1995 as part of Neil Warnock's post-relegation recruitment drive ... more

    1979: Kieran McAnespie - 4 games, no goals in 2003.

    McAnespie was a product of the St Johnstone youth system, spending five years with the club, some of that time under manager Paul Sturrock, before being sold ... more

    1985: Jake Cole - 103 games, no goals between 2011 and 2014.

    Cole started his career with Queens Park Rangers and spent six years with the club, only occasionally playing for the first team. During his first two years at ... more

    1998: Sam Woods - 9 games, 1 goal in 2021.

    Bromley-born Woods joined the Pilgrims at the end of the January 2021 transfer window, on a half-season loan from Crystal Palace. A product of the Selhurst ... more

    1999: Tyrese Fornah - 44 games, no goals between 2020 and 2021.

    Fornah signed for Argyle on a season-long loan from Championship side Nottingham Forest at the beginning of October 2020, becoming Ryan Lowe's 11th signing of ... more


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