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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.

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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.

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April 2024

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AIDEN MAHER

Born: 01 December 1946

Came from: Everton Went to: Tranmere Rovers

First game: 19 October 1968 Last game: 28 November 1970

Appearances: 70 (69/1) Goals: 3

Born in Liverpool and a winger, or an outside-left as it would have been at the time, he regularly starred in reserve team football and signed professional terms at Goodison Park, aged 18, but made just one first team appearance, against Manchester City in 1967.

An England Schoolboy international, he had also won the 1965 FA Youth Cup with Everton, beating Arsenal 3-2 on aggregate.

Moving to Home Park in October 1968, aged 21, as a Billy Bingham signing, he was a regular on the left-wing during his first two seasons at Home Park. However, after losing his place to Don Hutchins, he was sold to Tranmere Rovers, where he played just seven times and scored once, before finishing his career with Bath City.

Returning to the south west with the Romans in July 1972, he spent a season-and-a-half with the cub making 58 appearances and scoring three goals for what was to be his last club.

He remained living in Plymouth and ran the The Queens Dock pub on Keats Street, Keyham, near the Dockyard, with his wife, in the 1980s. He had also made headlines in 1977 when he helped rescue a baby girl whose pram accidentally rolled down the ramp of the Torpoint Ferry and landed in the Tamar upside down. Maher, two other men and PC Brian Weeks jumped into the water to rescue the girl and the PC performed CPR to bring her back to life. In 2014, he was reunited with Leanne Goddard, the baby he helped rescue, who, at the time was the manageress of the Oceana nightclub in Plymouth. Both were match-day guests at Argyle, a reunion that must have been very emotional for them after nearly four decades.

In his later years he retired further up the south coast, and moved to Portsmouth but remains a regular guest of Forever Green, the former players' association at Home Park.

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APPEARANCE DETAILS [reselect competitions]

The details below reflect appearances in the following selected competitions: English Football League, Football League, Premier League

Excluded: Southern & Western Leagues, Football League (1939), War Leagues, FA Cup, League Cup, Minor Cups

I'm very grateful to many who have helped write GoS-DB's player pen-pictures, and to Dave Rowntree, the PAFC Media Team and Colin Parsons for their help with photos. Thanks also to staff at the National Football Museum, the Scottish Football Museum and ScotlandsPeople for their valuable assistance.

The following publications have been particularly valuable in the research of pen-pictures: Plymouth Argyle, A Complete Record 1903-1989 (Brian Knight, ISBN 0-907969-40-2); Plymouth Argyle, 101 Golden Greats (Andy Riddle, ISBN 1-874287-47-3); Football League Players' Records 1888-1939 (Michael Joyce, ISBN 1-899468-67-6); Football League Players' Records 1946-1988 (Barry Hugman, ISBN 1-85443-020-3) and Plymouth Argyle Football Club Handbooks.

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