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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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Plymouth Argyle Heritage Archive.
April 2024

Thanks to Dave Rowntree for many of the player images after 1984.

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MICHAEL MEAKER

Born: 18 August 1971

1. Came from: Queens Park Rangers Went to: Queens Park Rangers

1. First game: 23 November 1991 Last game: 20 December 1991

2. Came from: Bristol Rovers Went to: Northwich Victoria

2. First game: 20 February 2001 Last game: 01 May 2001

Appearances: 16 (10/6) Goals: 1

Meaker was a Welsh under-21 and 'B' international midfielder who had two brief spells at Home Park. He started his career with Queens Park Rangers, spending five years at the club including a one month loan to Argyle in 1991. Despite making less than 40 appearances during his time at Loftus Road, Reading paid £550,000 for him in July 1995. Three years and 70 games later he was released by Reading and joined Bristol Rovers, where he also spent three years without ever becoming a regular member of the first team, and also had a short loan spell with Swindon Town.

Following his release by Rovers, he was brought back to Argyle on a short-term deal by Paul Sturrock in 2001, but was not offered a contract at the end of the season. He then moved into non-league football with Northwich Victoria and went on to play for Southall Town, Henley Town, Mangotsfield United, Hounslow Borough, Bitton, Paulton Rovers, Mangotsfield United (again), Yate Town and Taunton Town, the last two as a player and assistant manager.

In September 2018 Meaker continued his West Country non-league travails by becoming assistant-manager at Truro City, having followed the White Tigers' new manager Leigh Robinson from Taunton (who replaced ex-Pilgrim Lee Hodges at the Truro helm). However, six months later Meaker returned to Taunton, where he became a coach at the club until March 2023.

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APPEARANCE DETAILS [reselect competitions]

The details below reflect appearances in all first-team competitions.

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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