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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'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

The Championship in 2010. Two hours later, Newcastle were champions, Argyle relegated.

The chairman and directors celebrate promotion in 2017

PICTURES OF THE DAY
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  • MATCH OF THE DAY: 16 JUNE

    • No first-team matches have been played on this day

  • ON THIS DAY

  • 1929: Alex Govan was born in Glasgow. In 1946, at the tender age of 17, Govan left his Glasgow home to seek fame as a professional footballer in Plymouth. After 6 years at Home Park he stepped up to top flight football at Birmingham City, where he enjoyed 6 successful years (including an appearance in the 1956 FA Cup Final). Govan returned to Plymouth for a second spell before retiring in 1960. In his later years he maintained his love for Argyle and was a regular visitor at Home Park.

  • 1971: Richard Reynolds left Home Park for Portsmouth, joining up with his former Argyle teammate, Norman Piper.

  • BORN THIS DAY

    • 1893: Patsy Corcoran - 198 games, 26 goals between 1920 and 1925.

    Corcoran was said to be a tough outside-right who "was afraid of no one". He started his career with Bellshill Athletic in 1904 before moving to Mossend ... more

    1907: Bernard Oxley - 15 games, no goals between 1935 and 1936.

    Oxley was born in Whitwell in Derbyshire and his career started locally with Whitwell Old Boys before coming to the attention of neighbouring Chesterfield, for ... more

    1918: Jack Kirkham - 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

    1929: Alex Govan - 150 games, 39 goals between 1946 and 1960.

    Govan arrived at Home Park as a fresh faced young Scot in the summer of 1946, and it took him over five years to really make his mark. The switch from ... more

    1994: Lewis Macleod - 17 games, no goals between 2020 and 2021.

    Born in Wishaw, 15 miles south-east of Glasgow, MacLeod began his football with a local youth club, Newmains Hammers, before he was snapped up by Rangers at ... more


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