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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.

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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

Norman Mackay, Jack Pullen and Alec Hardie take a break from training in 1932

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

    • 19 April 2010Football League Championship

      Relegated by the Champions

      Argyle  0 - 2  Newcastle United

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    • 19 April 1954Division Two

      From Abject Despair to Delirious Delight

      Argyle  2 - 1  West Ham United

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    • 19 April 1947Division Two

      Argyle Run Riot After the Break

      West Bromwich Albion  2 - 5  Argyle

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    • 19 April 1930Division Three South

      Vidler's Four Tightens Grip on Trophy

      Argyle  4 - 1  Norwich City

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  • ON THIS DAY

  • 1930: Argyle 4 Norwich 1; the win made promotion and the championship trophy, the Pilgrims' first major honours, almost certain. The game was a personal triumph for Jack Vidler, who bagged all four goals, even though he was carried off with concussion as a result of his first. He returned in the second half, still dazed, to strike three more gems.

  • 1947: West Bromwich Albion 2 Argyle 5; after five successive defeats, the Pilgrims went 2-1 down early in the second half, but then ran riot to score four in an amazing last half hour.

  • 1986: Wigan 3 Argyle 0; a shock result after an 11 match unbeaten run triggered manager Dave Smith to apologise to the 5,000 travelling fans. Promotion jitters were unnecessary; Argyle won all of their remaining four games.

  • 2008: Paul Wotton hit a typically unstoppable penalty in what turned out to be his final game as a Pilgrim for nearly three years. Five days later came the announcement that his contract would not be renewed, the end (so it seemed then) of a magnificent career at Home Park: 14 years with the club, 5 years as club captain, 2 championship trophies held aloft, 438 appearances and 63 goals, most of them belters! Nearly four years later, the man with Plymouth in his blood came home for an unexpected second spell, in which he clocked up a further 53 appearances before progressing to the roles of coach and assistant manager.

  • 2010: Argyle were relegated to League One (tier 3) after a 2-0 defeat at home to Newcastle Utd, ending six seasons in the Championship.

  • 2012: The club announced that traditional season tickets would be replaced by a variety of membership packages for the following season.

  • BORN THIS DAY

    • 1881: William Horne - 245 games, no goals between 1904 and 1914.

    Horne was born on 19th April 1881, rather than the same date, 1885 as some records indicate, thought to be caused by a man of the same name being born on the ... more

    1912: Freddie Haycock - 1 game, no goals in 1945.

    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

    1952: Paul Wilkinson - 2 games, no goals in 1971.

    Wilkinson was born in the parish of Themelthorpe, near Reepham, a village just north of Norwich. He started as a youth with Norwich City and was a midfielder ... more


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