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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.

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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's history for many years to come.

Plymouth Argyle Heritage Archive.
April 2024

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

Can you help? This page is the result of the best endeavours of all concerned. If you spot a mistake or know of facts to add, or have a better photo, please get in touch using 'Contact Us' (top, right).

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RYAN CROSS

Born: 11 October 1972

Came from: Trainee Went to: Hartlepool

First game: 06 April 1991 Last game: 02 May 1992

Appearances: 22 (21/1) Goals: 0

A Plymouth-born right-back who came through the youth ranks at the club, he was given his first team debut by David Kemp.

Spending two seasons as a first team player whilst Argyle were in Division Two, he featured 22 times for the club and played under both Kemp and then Peter Shilton.

His last appearance for the club was the do-or-die final-day 3-1 home defeat to Blackburn Rovers in 1991-92, which relegated the club. Arguably, by then his confidence was in tatters after failing to to meet the exacting standards set by new player-manager Shilton. At the close of the season, the then 19-year-old was offered as a makeweight in a player-plus-cash deal that brought Paul Dalton to Home Park, and thus became a Hartlepool United player in June 1992. Dalton's fee was £250,000, Cross being valued at £75,000 for his part in in the move, with Hartlepool receiving Cross plus the cash difference, for the Dalton deal.

He went on to spend two seasons at Victoria Park and made 50 appearances for Pools. In 1993 he then joined Bury in the December of that year. He spent three years with the Shakers, which were heavily disrupted by injuries, restricting him to 42 appearances.

Cross the then elected to return to Devon. Seeking to remain in the game, he spent a fortnight with Exeter City, playing in their pre-season friendlies Portsmouth and Chelsea in 1996 ahead of the 1996-97 season. However no deal followed and he briefly played for Sligo Rovers in the Republic of Ireland, ahead of spells on the local non-league circuit with Dorchester Town, Weymouth, Weston-super-Mare and Bodmin Town.

Having retired from the game and fully settled back in his home city, he re-trained as an electrician and August 2015, he launched his own local business called RC Electrical.

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APPEARANCE DETAILS [reselect competitions]

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

We are very grateful to many who have helped write GoS-DB's player pen-pictures, and to Dave Rowntree and the PAFC Media Team 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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