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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 - sites 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 is an amateur website and proud of it. It is run by one person as a hobby, although there have been aspects of the site over the years that would be much the poorer without the hard work and much-valued contributions of a small band of volunteers.

Greens on Screen is self-taught and as a result, a little bit quirky. Amongst a few stubborn principles, advertisements will never appear (and don’t get me started on the plague of betting promotions on other sites). It began its life before many others, including the club’s official site, when there was a large gap to be filled, and although there is now a wide variety to choose from, GoS’s sole aim, to be a service to fellow supporters, still seems to have a place.

Steve Dean

Home Park Pitch Replacement - Summer 2010

Key Facts:

  • Consultancy and Project Management: STRI

  • Main Contractors: Inscapes

  • Pitch Technology: Fiberlastic Rootzone. A 100% grass pitch but with elastic fibres below to improve the 'feel' and reduce impact-related injuries. The pitch will be seeded, not turfed. More information about Fibrelastic.

  • The work is expected to take 12 weeks to complete. Given fair weather and no unexpected delays, a pre-season friendly on August 1st is possible, but this will be kept under close review.

  • The pitch will be excavated up to a metre in depth to allow new drainage systems to be constructed. A sprinkler system will also be installed, but experts have advised that under-soil heating is not necessary for a pitch of this technology in this part of the country.

  • Levelling will result in the Grandstand side being lower, which will match the sightline calculations for the new south side.

  • A third generation (3G) synthetic surface will be laid from the touchlines to the front of each stand.

  • Anchor points for rugby post holders will be constructed below the playing surface.

  • The ashes of over 100 Greens have been scattered or interred at the Devonport End. The soil from this area will be set aside and preserved, and if space can be found in future plans, will be used to form a Memorial Garden.     

In Pictures:

The Barn Park Slideshow: 

Mon 10 May

The first diggers arrive.

   

Wed 12 May

Turf & topsoil disappearing.

   

Thu 13 May

Just a corner left.

   

Tue 18 May

Excavating down.

   

Fri 21 May

The first signs of drainage.

   

Tue 25 May

Laying the drains.

   

Fri 28 May

Spreading the gravel.

Wed 2 Jun

Adding a layer of sand.

 

 

Fri 4 Jun

The sand is spreading.

 

 

Wed 9 Jun

Ready for the rootzone.

 

 

Fri 11 Jun

Ready for the Fibrelastic.

 

Tue 15 Jun

Laying the Fibrelastic.

 

 

Thu 17 Jun

Almost ready to seed.

 

 

Fri 18 Jun

Raking and seeding.

 

 

Tue 22 Jun

Waiting for the first signs.

 

 

Fri 25 Jun

New life.

 

Fri 2 Jul

Coming along nicely.

 

 

Fri 9 Jul

Looking good!

 

Fri 16 Jul

Filling out nicely.

 

Thu 22 Jul

Looking gloriously green.

 

 

Thu 29 Jul

Fungicide and fertiliser.

 

Wed 4 Aug

Goalposts!

 

 

Sun 8 Aug

Marking out the pitch.

 

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