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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 Argyle Youth team in 2015

The old Mayflower in the rain

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

    • 14 March 1984FA Cup 6R

      Argyle are One Step from Wembley

      Derby County  0 - 1  Argyle

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    • 14 March 1959Division Three

      Two Beauties from Jimmy Gauld

      Notts County  1 - 2  Argyle

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  • ON THIS DAY

  • 1973: The greatest footballer ever, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, aka Pele, starred in Home Park's biggest night: Argyle 3 Santos 2, att. 37,639 (... more on GoS)

  • 1974: My hero - Oh Billy Billy, Billy Billy Billy Billy Rafferty signed from Blackpool for £25,000.

  • 1984: FA Cup 6th Round Replay, Derby County 0 Argyle 1, att: 34,365, with the winner direct from an Andy Rogers' 17th minute corner. As the paper had it, "In the corridors of the stadium the emotional scenes were unforgettable. Players embraced the manager, directors embraced the players and their eyes were filled with tears. Some were too choked to speak. So much happiness and joy and yet they didn't know how to express the feeling in words" (... more on GoS).

  • BORN THIS DAY

    • 1891: James Bates - 1 game, no goals in 1914.

    Bates made just one appearance for Argyle, in the first year of the First World War. Little was know about the player for over 100 years, with him listed as ... more

    1953: Jeff Cook - 71 games, 26 goals between 1979 and 1983.

    Cook was a Hartlepool-born forward with an unusual beginning to his football career: he started out as a prolific marksman for the now defunct Greek-influenced ... more


Greens on Screen is run as a service to fellow supporters, in all good faith, without commercial or private gain. We have no wish to abuse copyright regulations and apologise unreservedly if this occurs. If you own any of the material on this site, and object to its inclusion, please get in touch using the 'Contact Us' button at the top of the page.