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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 subfloor goes down for the Club Argyle Lounge

Long gone, never forgotten

PICTURES OF THE DAY
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  • MATCH OF THE DAY: 14 NOVEMBER

    • 14 November 1999Division Three

      McGregor Cuts Dodgy Barnet Down to Size

      Argyle  4 - 1  Barnet

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    • 14 November 1903FA Cup Q2

      Argyle Dismantle Freemantle After Early Shock

      Argyle  5 - 1  Freemantle

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  • ON THIS DAY

  • 1974: Barrie Vassallo, an 18-year-old Arsenal apprentice, signed for the Pilgrims. In his two years at Home Park he had to be content with the Mariner/Rafferty understudy role, and managed just 7 first team starts, which included a fine strike in the FA Cup 4th round tie against Everton in January 1975. After a few months with Barnstaple Town, he joined Torquay United for two more seasons before leaving professional football. Even though his Argyle appearances were few, he strangely captured the fans' imagination and even had a song written about him.

  • 2015: 33-year-old James Bittner made his Football League debut at York City after regular keeper, Luke McCormick was ruled out by injury. It had been a long wait for Bittner, who had first been named in the match day squad for an EFL game 13 years previously. He almost celebrated with a clean sheet but, unfortunately, the Ministermen scored in the eighth minute of added time at the end of the match. The Greens did win 2-1, however.

  • BORN THIS DAY

    • 1893: Jack Cock - 92 games, 74 goals between 1925 and 1927.

    Born in Phillack near Hayle, Cornwall, Cock would go on to be the first Cornishman to play for England and was a decorated World War I soldier, and an actor ... more

    1916: Jack Davies - 34 games, no goals between 1947 and 1948.

    Davies spent just over a year at Home Park after joining the club from Everton. A wing-half, reliable and energetic in either attack or defence, his career ... more

    1933: Wally Bellett - 43 games, 1 goal between 1958 and 1960.

    Born in Stratford, then in Essex but now part of modern-day east London, he started out in non-league football, first with Chelmsford City and then with ... more

    1943: Richard Davis - 24 games, no goals between 1963 and 1964.

    Plymouth-born Davis began his career as an apprentice at Home Park, working his way into the first team to make his debut at the age of 19 in 1963. Despite ... more

    1955: Forbes Phillipson-Masters - 139 games, no goals between 1979 and 1982.

    The fabulously named Forbes Ernest Phillipson-Masters was born in Bournemouth, then in Hampshire, in November 1955. He began his football career with ... more

    1958: Clevere Forde - 6 games, no goals between 1978 and 1979.

    A talented winger in non-league football, Forde was signed by Malcolm Allison from Hounslow but found the step-up difficult and chances limited across the two ... more


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