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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's history for many years to come.

Plymouth Argyle Heritage Archive.
April 2024

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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