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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

Janners!

Andy Rogers, Tommy Tynan, Chris Harrison, David Friio and Steve Castle at Micky Evans' testimonial in 2008

PICTURES OF THE DAY
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  • MATCH OF THE DAY: 24 OCTOBER

    • 24 October 1925Division Three South

      Braces for Black, Leslie and Cock

      Argyle  7 - 2  Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic

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    • 24 October 1903Southern League

      Argyle Claim Impressive Win at The Dell

      Southampton  3 - 5  Argyle

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  • ON THIS DAY

  • 1925: One of the big scores: Argyle 7 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 2, with goals from Jack Leslie (2), Jack Cock (2), Sammy Black (2) and Patsy Corcoran. Just a month before, home fans saw the same score against Aberdare Athletic, and a month earlier again, Argyle won two games in three days, both 6-2. That season, Argyle scored 71 goals at Home Park, 107 in all. Happy days!

  • BORN THIS DAY

    • 1881: Percy Saul - 93 games, 4 goals between 1904 and 1906.

    Born in Masbrough, a suburb of Rotherham in present-day South Yorkshire, he began his career with local side Thornhill United, who later became Rotherham ... more

    1905: George Stanbury - 34 games, no goals between 1927 and 1932.

    The Plymouth-born goalkeeper played locally for Plymouth St Thomas, Torpoint and Devon County, and records also suggest he was registered with Exeter City, but ... more

    1907: Matt Middleton - 33 games, no goals between 1939 and 1946.

    Middleton was one of six Pilgrims who made their Argyle debut in one of the three games of the abandoned 1939-40 season. Born in the village of Boldon Colliery ... more

    2000: Tom Purrington - 1 game, no goals in 2018.

    The younger brother of former Pilgrim Ben Purrington and nephew of England rugby international and World Cup winner Richard Hill, Tom was first spotted playing ... more

    2005: Caleb Roberts - 32 games, 1 goal so far.

    Roberts' potential was spotted in a park game at the age of six, and over the following ten years, he played in green at all age levels, including regular ... more


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