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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

Welcome to the sights, sounds and history of Plymouth Argyle Football Club

The newly-crowned 1951-52 Third Division champions on their way from the station to a civic reception

The team sets off for Wembley in 2016

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  • ON THIS DAY

  • 1956: Gerry McElhinney was born in Derry, Northern Ireland. A useful Gaelic footballer as a lad, and also Mid-Ulster boxing champion, he was lured from Bolton to Home Park on New Year's Day, 1985 by manager Dave Smith. Gerry quickly endeared himself to the Argyle faithful for his tough, uncompromising but fair play. Above all, he was brave; hardly a game would pass without stoppage time for a McElhinney injury, often to his head, but the Devonport End would chant him back to his feet with his nickname: Rambo, Rambo! He led the team to promotion the following year, but the higher standard was more difficult for him. At his peak he reminded older fans of Jack Chisholm; today's fans will think of Graham Coughlan.

  • 2011: Carl Fletcher was handed the caretaker manager role, with Romain Larrieu his assistant, after Peter Reid was dismissed the day before.

  • 2020: 2020 Argyle scored twice in two minutes to rescue a point at AFC Wimbledon in a 4-4 draw. The Greens had led 1-0 and 2-1 before trailing 4-2.

  • BORN THIS DAY

    • 1956: Tyrone James - 94 games, no goals between 1978 and 1982.

    James was born in Paddington in 1956, to 'Windrush' parents from the Caribbean, who emigrated to the UK the year before in 1955. His father was from Trinidad ... more

    1956: Gerry McElhinney - 107 games, 3 goals between 1985 and 1988.

    Known affectionately to Argyle fans as Rambo, Francis Gerard McElhinney (or to give him his Gaelic name, Gearóid Mac Giolla Chainnigh) was an all-round ... more

    1968: Steve Morgan - 139 games, 6 goals between 1990 and 1993.

    An energetic left-back who also featured in midfield, Morgan joined David Kemp's second-tier Argyle side from Blackpool in the summer of 1990. He had been ... more

    1996: Calum Dyson - 2 games, no goals in 2018.

    Dyson became Derek Adams' fifth signing of the 2018 summer, following his release by Everton. Like Conor Grant, that summer's first recruit, Dyson was born in ... more

    2001: Harvey White - 8 games, 1 goal so far.

    Born in Maidstone, Kent, he joined Tottenham Hotspur's Academy as an under-8 in 2008. Having progressed through the club's youth ranks, he first featured for ... more


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