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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 raising of new floodlights at the Barn Park End in 2018, supervised by a seagull

When Sparksy clocked up the miles

PICTURES OF THE DAY
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  • MATCH OF THE DAY: 31 DECEMBER

    • 31 December 1921Division Three South

      Richardson Treble Sees off Swans

      Argyle  3 - 1  Swansea Town

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  • ON THIS DAY

  • As it's New Year's Eve, a look at Argyle's League performances from a calendar year perspective, rather than a football season. The Pilgrims' most successful year was 1951, with 27 wins, 11 draws and 105 goals in 48 games. Famous names from that year include Gordon Astall, Jack Chisholm, George Dews, Neil Dougall, Alex Govan, Bill Shortt and Maurice Tadman. The worst year in Argyle's history was 1963, with just 7 wins in 44 games. The best year in recent times was 2022 (27 wins, 9 draws and 73 goals in 46 games), second in the all-time list.

  • BORN THIS DAY

    • 1899: Andrew Wilson - 3 games, no goals in 1923.

    Wilson was born in Dunipace, Stirlingshire, and started his career with his local side, Dunipace Thistle. Like so many of his time, he then moved south of the ... more

    1917: Les Latham - 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

    1919: Paddy Ratcliffe - 246 games, 10 goals between 1947 and 1955.

    Ratcliffe's career got off to a late start because of the Second World War. The Irish full-back played for Bohemains in Dublin for two seasons before joining ... more


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