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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.

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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.
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	Caretakers excluded, multiple spells combined					Leagues													Cups
	Foot note	Manager	Appointed	Departed	Days	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts¹	Percent			Average			P	W	D	L	F	A	% W
	Foot note	Manager	Appointed	Departed	Days	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts¹	W	D	L	F	A	Pts¹	P	W	D	L	F	A	% W
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1	2	Frank Brettell	2 Mar 1903	14 Apr 1905	775	99	48	23	28	166	106	167	48.5	23.2	28.3	1.68	1.07	1.69	11	5	4	2	25	11	45.5

2	2,3	Robert Jack	15 Apr 1905 18 Jul 1910	1 May 1906 14 Apr 1938	10,515	1041	490	255	296	1788	1265	1725	47.1	24.5	28.4	1.72	1.22	1.66	62	22	11	29	87	93	35.5

3	2	William Fullarton	2 May 1906	1 May 1907	365	48	15	16	17	59	60	61	31.3	33.3	35.4	1.23	1.25	1.27	1	0	0	1	0	2	0.0

4		Managed by committee	2 May 1907 1 Oct 1963	30 Apr 1910 6 Oct 1963	1,101	146	62	36	48	187	162	222	42.5	24.7	32.9	1.28	1.11	1.52	8	3	1	4	8	13	37.5

5	4	Jack Tresadern	15 Apr 1938 22 Sep 1944	7 Nov 1939 6 Sep 1947	1,652	143	40	24	79	196	292	144	28.0	16.8	55.2	1.37	2.04	1.01	13	4	1	8	19	28	30.8

6	5	Jimmy Rae	8 Sep 1947	19 Jan 1955	2,691	323	115	95	113	489	481	440	35.6	29.4	35.0	1.51	1.49	1.36	15	5	2	8	19	19	33.3

7		Jack Rowley	17 Feb 1955	14 Mar 1960	1,853	227	88	52	87	345	368	316	38.8	22.9	38.3	1.52	1.62	1.39	11	5	1	5	25	22	45.5

8	6,7	Neil Dougall & George Taylor	15 Mar 1960	30 Apr 1961	412	50	23	8	19	93	88	77	46.0	16.0	38.0	1.86	1.76	1.54	8	3	3	2	14	12	37.5

9	7	Neil Dougall	19 Jun 1961	20 Nov 1961	155	18	7	3	8	28	40	24	38.9	16.7	44.4	1.56	2.22	1.33	1	0	0	1	2	3	0.0

10		Ellis Stuttard	21 Nov 1961 6 Mar 1970	30 Sep 1963 10 Oct 1972	1,629	194	66	56	72	301	300	254	34.0	28.9	37.1	1.55	1.55	1.31	11	2	1	8	10	30	18.2

11		Malcolm Allison	6 Jul 1964 16 Mar 1978	28 Apr 1965 6 Jan 1979	297	76	28	20	28	116	126	104	36.8	26.3	36.8	1.53	1.66	1.37	14	6	3	5	19	21	42.9

12	8	Derek Ufton	29 Apr 1965	29 Jan 1968	1,006	108	30	28	50	134	166	118	27.8	25.9	46.3	1.24	1.54	1.09	7	1	0	6	10	14	14.3

13		Billy Bingham	14 Feb 1968	5 Mar 1970	751	95	34	25	36	107	111	127	35.8	26.3	37.9	1.13	1.17	1.34	9	1	4	4	4	7	11.1

14		Tony Waiters	11 Oct 1972	21 Apr 1977	1,654	205	79	56	70	291	270	293	38.5	27.3	34.1	1.42	1.32	1.43	29	15	3	11	36	29	51.7

15		Mike Kelly	22 Apr 1977	14 Feb 1978	299	33	6	11	16	36	51	29	18.2	33.3	48.5	1.09	1.55	0.88	10	3	4	3	7	7	30.0

16		Bobby Saxton	8 Jan 1979	31 May 1981	875	116	43	32	41	151	136	161	37.1	27.6	35.3	1.30	1.17	1.39	16	4	5	7	15	14	25.0

17		Bobby Moncur	29 Jun 1981	27 Sep 1983	821	99	39	21	39	132	129	138	39.4	21.2	39.4	1.33	1.30	1.39	17	5	6	6	16	16	29.4

18		John Hore	12 Oct 1983	19 Oct 1984	374	47	12	15	20	64	75	51	25.5	31.9	42.6	1.36	1.60	1.09	19	11	3	5	23	14	57.9

19		Dave Smith	15 Nov 1984	15 Jun 1988	1,309	162	70	38	54	253	208	248	43.2	23.5	33.3	1.56	1.28	1.53	25	8	5	12	32	43	32.0

20		Ken Brown	7 Jul 1988	6 Feb 1990	580	73	22	19	32	93	107	85	30.1	26.0	43.8	1.27	1.47	1.16	14	4	1	9	20	36	28.6

21		David Kemp	1 Mar 1990	13 Feb 1992	715	93	27	29	37	105	131	110	29.0	31.2	39.8	1.13	1.41	1.18	12	4	4	4	13	13	33.3

22	9	Peter Shilton	2 Mar 1992	4 Jan 1995	1,039	130	51	28	51	181	187	181	39.2	21.5	39.2	1.39	1.44	1.39	26	11	4	11	36	41	42.3

23	10	Steve McCall	5 Jan 1995	29 Mar 1995	84	15	3	3	9	11	23	12	20.0	20.0	60.0	0.73	1.53	0.80	1	0	0	1	0	2	0.0

24		Neil Warnock	22 Jun 1995	3 Feb 1997	593	78	31	23	24	103	93	116	39.7	29.5	30.8	1.32	1.19	1.49	14	6	1	7	18	14	42.9

25		Mick Jones	4 Feb 1997	21 Jun 1998	503	63	17	20	26	71	86	71	27.0	31.7	41.3	1.13	1.37	1.13	6	0	2	4	6	13	0.0

26		Kevin Hodges	24 Jun 1998	4 Oct 2000	834	102	35	30	37	125	123	135	34.3	29.4	36.3	1.23	1.21	1.32	20	4	7	9	19	34	20.0

27		Paul Sturrock	31 Oct 2000 27 Nov 2007	4 Mar 2004 10 Dec 2009	1,966	251	106	64	81	338	268	382	42.2	25.5	32.3	1.35	1.07	1.52	26	7	5	14	39	42	26.9

28		Bobby Williamson	20 Apr 2004	6 Sep 2005	505	55	18	12	25	64	75	66	32.7	21.8	45.5	1.16	1.36	1.20	3	1	0	2	5	7	33.3

29		Tony Pulis	23 Sep 2005	14 Jun 2006	265	37	11	15	11	32	33	48	29.7	40.5	29.7	0.86	0.89	1.30	1	0	0	1	0	1	0.0

30		Ian Holloway	28 Jun 2006	21 Nov 2007	512	62	23	22	17	85	80	91	37.1	35.5	27.4	1.37	1.29	1.47	9	5	1	3	11	6	55.6

31		Paul Mariner	11 Dec 2009	6 May 2010	147	27	7	5	15	27	38	26	25.9	18.5	55.6	1.00	1.41	0.96	2	0	1	1	0	3	0.0

32		Peter Reid	24 Jun 2010	18 Sep 2011	452	55	15	8	32	54	93	53	27.3	14.5	58.2	0.98	1.69	0.96	6	1	1	4	4	9	16.7

33	11	Carl Fletcher	19 Sep 2011	1 Jan 2013	471	63	15	24	24	73	81	69	23.8	38.1	38.1	1.16	1.29	1.10	7	2	3	2	10	9	28.6

34		John Sheridan	6 Jan 2013	28 May 2015	873	113	44	27	42	126	115	159	38.9	23.9	37.2	1.12	1.02	1.41	13	4	4	5	26	24	30.8

35		Derek Adams	11 Jun 2015	28 Apr 2019	1,418	186	82	41	63	257	233	287	44.1	22.0	33.9	1.38	1.25	1.54	27	8	4	15	29	49	29.6

36		Ryan Lowe	5 Jun 2019	7 Dec 2021	917	103	44	25	34	147	141	157	42.7	24.3	33.0	1.43	1.37	1.52	25	11	4	10	39	34	44.0

37		Steven Schumacher	7 Dec 2021	19 Dec 2023	743	94	51	18	25	151	108	171	54.3	19.1	26.6	1.61	1.15	1.82	14	6	3	5	21	25	42.9

38		Ian Foster	5 Jan 2024	1 Apr 2024	88	14	3	3	8	12	20	12	21.4	21.4	57.1	0.86	1.43	0.86	3	1	1	1	5	6	33.3

39		Wayne Rooney	25 May 2024		181	15	4	4	7	15	26	16	26.7	26.7	46.7	1.00	1.73	1.07	2	1	0	1	3	2	50.0

Footnotes: For an even comparison, points are calculated using three for a win in all cases. Three points, replacing two, was introduced into English football in 1981. A draw has always earned one point. In the absence of clear evidence, this Appointed date is a close estimate. Bob Jack announced his resignation on 10 March 1938 but agreed to remain at the club until the end of the season. Jack Tresadern's appointment was announced at half-time in the match at Luton on April 7th, but he took over at Home Park a week later. Jimmy Rae was made acting manager on September 8th, having been Jack Tresadern's assistant, and was fully appointed on 12 November 1947. Neil Dougall and George Taylor's joint managership began in March 1960 as an "emergency" arrangement, and were confirmed on a permanent basis that summer. In March 1961 it was announced that joint managers Neil Dougall and George Taylor would revert to their coaching duties at the end of the season, and that Vic Buckingham would become manager from June 1st. Buckingham, formerly the manager of West Bromwich Albion and at that time in charge at Ajax, was both experienced and successful, and considered quite a coup for Argyle. Although still at Ajax, the manager-designate found time (because Ajax played on Sundays) to watch several matches over the following two months and also had a significant influence at Home Park, including discussions with the board on player retention and a new pay and incentive scheme. However, on May 8th came the shock news that Buckingham had accepted the job of manager at Sheffield Wednesday. With the club in some disarray, Argyle's secretary Jess Lowe took on the managerial duties until a new man could be found. As events turned out, that new man was Neil Dougall. As for Buckingham, he spent three years at Hillsborough, another three managing Fulham and numerous shorts spells with European clubs, including Ajax (again) and Barcelona. Derek Ufton began as caretaker manager. His full appointment was announced on 18 May 1965. Peter Shilton was suspended on January 4th, but his tenure was effectively over and Steve McCall took over at this point. Shilton actually resigned a week later. Steve McCall was appointed in a temporary capacity on Peter Shilton's departure, but a week later was converted to full manager when Shilton's dispute was resolved. Carl Fletcher began as caretaker manager but was appointed as full manager when the club emerged from administration on 1 Nov 2011.