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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

An image of Umbrella Vi at the National Football Museum

Long gone, never forgotten

PICTURES OF THE DAY
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  • MATCH OF THE DAY: 27 OCTOBER

    • 27 October 2018English Football League One

      Four on the Road Helps the Climb off the Bottom

      Scunthorpe United  1 - 4  Argyle

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    • 27 October 1962Division Two

      Wilf Carter's Eighth Hat-Trick

      Argyle  6 - 1  Charlton Athletic

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  • ON THIS DAY

  • 1962: Argyle 6 Charlton Athletic 1, just one of a series of amazing results against the London side between 1959 and 1963 (the 8 fixtures produced a staggering 60 goals!). In this one, Wilf Carter scored another of his many hat-tricks, but the star of the show was Dave Corbett, who produced a dazzling display on the right wing.

  • 1976: Paul Mariner left Home Park for Ipswich Town. After his brilliant performances in the promotion season, and the goals that he had already scored in the higher flight (tier 2), it was inevitable that a top club would snap him up. Many were interested, but it was Bobby Robson who made the offer that Argyle did not refuse, a deal that involved Ipswich's Terry Austin and John Peddelty heading for Home Park. Mariner went on to play for Arsenal and win 35 caps for England.

  • BORN THIS DAY

    • 1944: Eric Burgess - 16 games, no goals between 1968 and 1969.

    After his apprenticeship with Watford, Burgess, a right-back, was unable to break into the first team at Vicarage Road and he moved on to Torquay United. ... more

    1994: Craig Tanner - 84 games, 12 goals between 2015 and 2017.

    Born in Camberley, Tanner joined Reading's youth setup at the age of eight, with Brendan Rogers in charge of the Royals' youngsters and Alan Pardew as manager. ... more

    2002: Nigel Lonwijk - 41 games, no goals between 2022 and 2023.

    Born in Goirle in the Netherlands, Lonwijk developed his footballing skills at Dutch giants PSV Eindhoven and earned international honours with his country's ... more


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