GoS: Report 5 - Youngest and Oldest

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

Note: GoS-DB holds birth dates for 1133 of all 1224 players. Almost all of the missing dates are for some who appeared before 1920 and others in the years close to World War II. This report does not include those players.

Youngest Players on Debut
#	Player	Yr	Dy	First Match
1	Issaka, Freddie *	15	34	31 Aug 2021
2	Roberts, Caleb *	16	9	2 Nov 2021
3	Phillips, Lee *	16	43	29 Oct 1996
4	Shilton, Sam *	16	135	3 Dec 1994
5	Pursall, Brandon *	16	176	8 Sep 2020
6	Finn, Tegan *	16	230	2 Nov 2024
7	Stephens, Jack *	16	234	18 Sep 2010
8	Dungey, James *	16	257	22 Oct 1994
9	Sullivan, Colin	16	269	19 Mar 1968
10	Campbell, Seb *	16	279	23 Sep 2025
11	Lecointe, Matt *	16	285	9 Aug 2011
12	Gosling, Dan *	16	311	9 Dec 2006
13	Jenkins Davies, Will *	16	313	31 Aug 2021
14	Bastow, Darren *	16	316	3 Nov 1998
15	Reynolds, Richard	16	329	9 Jan 1965
16	Graves, Mark	16	354	3 Dec 1977
17	Garside, Carlo *	17	5	31 Aug 2021
18	Bentley, Jordan *	17	7	7 May 2016
19	Piper, Norman	17	8	16 Jan 1965
20	Harper-Penman, Jed *	17	63	5 Apr 2011
21	Nelson, Curtis *	17	81	10 Aug 2010
22	Rowe, Mark	17	98	15 Sep 1981
23	Sutton, Dave	17	102	3 May 1974
24	Govan, Alex	17	111	5 Oct 1946
25	Harvey, Tyler *	17	144	20 Nov 2012
26	Foster, George *	17	147	20 Feb 1974
27	Garner, Darren	17	147	6 May 1989
28	Trusson, Mike	17	150	23 Oct 1976
29	Summerfield, Luke *	17	153	8 May 2005
30	Wotton, Paul	17	174	7 Feb 1995
31	Bowden, Ray	17	180	12 Mar 1927
32	Dowling, Mike *	17	183	4 Apr 1970
33	Hards, Neil	17	188	4 Aug 1979
34	Penrhyn, Norman *	17	190	6 Sep 1967
35	Richardson, Dominic *	17	191	26 Sep 1995
36	Payne, Ian	17	206	13 Aug 1994
37	Morgan, Jamie	17	209	28 Apr 1993
38	Morrison, Andy *	17	212	27 Feb 1988
39	Arundel, Frank	17	215	22 Sep 1956
40	Connolly, Paul *	17	218	5 May 2001
41	Purrington, Ben	17	220	26 Dec 2013
42	Boyd, Jude *	17	229	3 Sep 2019
43	Massey, Oscar	17	229	31 Aug 2021
44	Peck, Michael	17	232	13 Nov 2018
45	Trudgian, Ryan *	17	232	5 May 2001
45	Symons, Clarence	17	233	26 Apr 1920
47	Roberts, David	17	236	30 Dec 1961
47	Darke, Peter	17	236	14 Aug 1971
49	Jones, Stephen *	17	250	16 Nov 1991
50	McCormick, Luke	17	263	5 May 2001

Oldest Players on Debut
#	Player	Yr	Dy	First Match
1	Shilton, Peter	42	199	4 Apr 1992
2	Oakes, John	41	344	23 Aug 1947
3	Fletcher, Steve *	39	249	31 Mar 2012
4	Goodall, Archie	39	74	1 Sep 1903
5	Grobbelaar, Bruce	38	316	17 Aug 1996
6	Sutcliffe, John	36	338	18 Mar 1905
7	Pennal, Archibald	36	263	25 Dec 1903
8	Blackwell, Kevin	36	255	2 Sep 1995
9	Rowley, Jack	36	135	19 Feb 1955
10	Poyser, George	36	80	27 Apr 1946
11	Robbie, David	35	329	31 Aug 1935
12	Douglas, Rab	35	326	15 Mar 2008
13	Brevett, Rufus	35	316	6 Aug 2005
14	Gregory, John	35	296	3 Mar 1990
15	Harper, Bill	34	341	26 Dec 1931
16	Purse, Darren	34	285	26 Nov 2011
17	Dodd, Jason	34	151	2 Apr 2005
18	Birks, Len	34	145	28 Feb 1931
19	Burns, Tony	34	142	16 Aug 1978
20	Nalis, Lilian	34	107	14 Jan 2006
21	Hayles, Barry	34	80	5 Aug 2006
22	MacDonald, Willie	34	48	26 Aug 1939
23	Stuart, Bobby	34	30	8 Nov 1947
24	Cleghorn, Tom	34	16	29 Feb 1904
25	Sargent, Fred	33	311	12 Jan 1946
26	Haycock, Freddie	33	240	15 Dec 1945
27	Paterson, Jamie *	33	225	2 Aug 2025
28	Carless, Ernie	33	188	16 Mar 1946
29	Hare, Charlie	33	187	19 Sep 1903
30	Edwards, Keith	33	158	21 Dec 1990
31	Robinson, Jack	33	132	1 Sep 1903
32	Gray, Andre *	33	119	23 Oct 2024
33	Rawlings, Syd	33	118	31 Aug 1946
34	Palsson, Victor	33	103	11 Aug 2024
35	Nardiello, Daniel *	33	100	30 Jan 2016
36	Taylor, George	33	73	21 Aug 1948
37	Harris, Tom	33	39	26 Mar 1949
38	McKenna, Pat	33	5	1 May 1953
39	Bittner, James *	32	356	24 Jan 2015
40	Furnell, Jim	32	349	7 Nov 1970
41	Walker, Alan	32	263	5 Sep 1992
42	Fox, David *	32	237	6 Aug 2016
43	Bloomfield, Jimmy	32	224	27 Sep 1966
44	Quinn, Mick	32	201	19 Nov 1994
45	Clayton, Gary	32	194	15 Aug 1995
46	Griffiths, Rhys *	32	184	1 Sep 2012
47	Clarke, Colin	32	172	23 Sep 1978
48	Wilson, James	32	162	7 Aug 2021
48	Barness, Anthony	32	162	6 Aug 2005
50	Burrows, Harry	32	161	25 Aug 1973

Oldest Players to Appear
#	Player	Yr	Dy	Last Match
1	Shilton, Peter	44	21	9 Oct 1993
2	Sutcliffe, John	43	360	8 Apr 1912
3	Harper, Bill	43	64	23 Mar 1940
4	Oakes, John	42	231	1 May 1948
5	Wilcox, Harry	41	273	18 Oct 1919
6	Russell, Moses	41	264	8 Feb 1930
7	Atterbury, Septimus	40	177	13 Apr 1921
8	Fletcher, Steve	39	277	28 Apr 2012
9	McCall, Steve	39	204	6 May 2000
10	Grobbelaar, Bruce	39	195	19 Apr 1997
11	Goodall, Archie	39	141	7 Nov 1903
12	Rowley, Jack	38	188	13 Apr 1957
13	Furnell, Jim	38	153	24 Apr 1976
14	Blackwell, Kevin	38	105	5 Apr 1997
15	Middleton, Matt	38	87	19 Jan 1946
16	Rae, Jimmy	38	16	8 Dec 1945
17	Butler, Jack	37	339	1 May 1915
18	McCormick, Luke *	37	267	9 May 2021
19	Strauss, Bill	37	253	16 Sep 1953
20	Jones, Pat	37	226	21 Apr 1958
21	Craig, Fred	37	58	15 Mar 1930
22	Dougall, Neil	37	36	13 Dec 1958
23	McCormick, Jimmy	37	3	1 May 1920
24	Pennal, Archibald	36	329	29 Feb 1904
25	Poyser, George	36	262	26 Oct 1946
26	Wotton, Paul *	36	259	3 May 2014
27	Nalis, Lilian *	36	203	19 Apr 2008
28	Birks, Len	36	198	22 Apr 1933
29	Bland, Harry	36	78	31 Mar 1934
30	Hodge, Martin	36	52	28 Mar 1995
31	Brevett, Rufus *	36	24	18 Oct 2005
32	Ratcliffe, Paddy	35	337	3 Dec 1955
33	Robbie, David	35	336	7 Sep 1935
34	Douglas, Rab	35	326	15 Mar 2008
35	Purse, Darren	35	319	29 Dec 2012
36	Crudgington, Geoff	35	309	20 Dec 1987
37	Gregory, John	35	303	10 Mar 1990
38	Cherry, Steve	35	294	25 May 1996
39	Larrieu, Romain *	35	248	5 May 2012
40	Nisbet, Gordon	35	233	9 May 1987
41	Jones, Len	35	227	22 Jan 1949
42	Hayles, Barry	35	223	26 Dec 2007
43	Edwards, Joe	35	183	2 May 2026
44	Shortt, Bill	35	172	2 Apr 1956
45	Fox, David	35	142	4 May 2019
46	Burrows, Adrian	35	119	15 May 1994
47	Logan, Jimmy	35	113	1 Dec 1928
48	Heathcote, Mick	35	104	23 Dec 2000
49	Sawyer, Gary	35	65	8 Sep 2020
50	Cleghorn, Tom	34	364	11 Feb 1905

Youngest Scorers
#	Player	Yr	Dy	First Goal
1	Campbell, Seb *	16	279	23 Sep 2025
2	Bastow, Darren *	16	316	3 Nov 1998
3	Reynolds, Richard	16	343	23 Jan 1965
4	Lecointe, Matt	16	352	15 Oct 2011
5	Gosling, Dan	17	19	20 Feb 2007
6	Roberts, Caleb	17	29	22 Nov 2022
7	Harvey, Tyler	17	180	26 Dec 2012
8	Finn, Tegan **	17	190	23 Sep 2025
9	Purrington, Ben *	17	230	5 Jan 2014
10	Piper, Norman	17	260	25 Sep 1965
11	Dennis, Tony	17	288	15 Sep 1981
12	Sinclair, Scott *	17	308	27 Jan 2007
13	Halls, Oscar	17	309	20 Sep 2022
14	Jenkins Davies, Will	17	333	20 Sep 2022
15	Stonebridge, Ian	17	345	10 Aug 1999
16	Jennings, Nicky	18	42	29 Feb 1964
17	Phillips, David	18	73	10 Oct 1981
18	Wharton, Jackie **	18	77	3 Sep 1938
19	Trusson, Mike **	18	79	13 Aug 1977
20	Sullivan, Colin	18	81	13 Sep 1969
21	Issaka, Freddie	18	90	26 Oct 2024
22	Trebilcock, Mike	18	134	12 Apr 1963
23	Johnson, Brian	18	160	30 Mar 1974
24	Tedesco, John	18	169	23 Aug 1967
25	Davey, Steve	18	180	4 Mar 1967
26	O'Hagan, Danny *	18	181	22 Oct 1994
27	Fletcher, Alex **	18	187	15 Aug 2017
28	Shirley, Rhys *	18	218	24 Aug 2021
29	Bowden, Ray **	18	221	21 Apr 1928
30	Phillips, Lee	18	234	8 May 1999
31	Summerfield, Luke	18	245	8 Aug 2006
32	Twiddy, Chris	18	248	24 Sep 1994
33	Graves, Mark	18	254	25 Aug 1979
34	Megson, Gary	18	271	28 Jan 1978
35	Blackstock, Dexter *	18	278	22 Feb 2005
36	Mason, Joe *	18	290	27 Feb 2010
37	Evans, Mickey	18	294	22 Oct 1991
38	Young, Luke	18	314	2 Jan 2012
39	Vassallo, Barrie *	18	321	18 Jan 1975
40	Black, Sammy	18	324	6 Sep 1924
41	Uzzell, John	18	338	4 Mar 1978
42	Parrett, Dean	18	351	2 Nov 2010
43	Barnes, Bernard	19	25	19 Jan 1957
44	Melaniphy, Eugene **	19	52	28 Mar 1932
45	Rogers, Alan	19	67	11 Sep 1973
46	Garner, Darren	19	68	16 Feb 1991
47	Hodges, Kevin	19	70	21 Aug 1979
48	Nelson, Curtis *	19	103	1 Sep 2012
49	Wotton, Paul	19	108	3 Dec 1996
50	Rowe, Mark	19	110	27 Sep 1983

Youngest Scorers on Debut
#	Player	Yr	Dy	First Goal
1	Campbell, Seb *	16	279	23 Sep 2025
2	Bastow, Darren *	16	316	3 Nov 1998
3	Wharton, Jackie **	18	77	3 Sep 1938
4	Trebilcock, Mike	18	134	12 Apr 1963
5	Black, Sammy	18	324	6 Sep 1924
6	Barnes, Bernard	19	25	19 Jan 1957
7	Melaniphy, Eugene **	19	52	28 Mar 1932
8	Hodges, Lee	19	176	27 Feb 1993
9	Preskett, Fred	19	183	2 May 1936
10	Rooney, Louis **	19	222	7 May 2016
11	Gorman, Johnny	19	293	14 Aug 2012
12	Mariner, Paul **	20	112	11 Sep 1973
13	Hemmings, Ashley	20	268	26 Nov 2011
14	Ansah, Zak *	20	328	28 Mar 2015
15	Leavey, Bert	20	362	2 Nov 1907
16	Davis, Eric	21	23	21 Mar 1953
17	Healy, Jimmy	21	105	28 Dec 1925
18	Malcolm, George	21	173	10 Dec 1910
19	Worden, Wilfred	21	196	15 Apr 1911
20	Norris, David	21	241	19 Oct 2002
21	Samba, Cherno *	21	263	30 Sep 2006
22	Thom, Maxwell	21	272	13 Dec 1911
23	MacDonald, Alex *	21	296	4 Feb 2012
24	Skinner, Craig	21	306	22 Aug 1992
25	Cowan-Hall, Paris *	21	314	14 Aug 2012
26	Jenkins, Ross	21	318	22 Sep 2012
27	Bickle, Mike	21	320	11 Dec 1965
28	Azaz, Finn	21	326	30 Jul 2022
29	Corbett, Dave	21	350	31 Mar 1962
30	Langman, Neil **	22	6	27 Feb 1954
31	Fowler, Jack	22	14	17 Dec 1921
32	Hullett, Bill	22	15	4 Dec 1937
33	Brown, Ron **	22	32	21 Apr 1945
34	Mitchell, Ken **	22	89	24 Mar 1956
35	Mackie, Jamie * **	22	137	12 Feb 2008
36	Shepherd, Trevor	22	227	9 Aug 1969
37	Hardie, Ryan *	22	300	11 Jan 2020
38	Atkinson, Will	22	303	13 Aug 2011
39	English, Tommy *	22	347	29 Sep 1984
40	Cave, Micky **	23	36	4 Mar 1972
41	Watts, Caleb	23	198	2 Aug 2025
42	Bauchop, Willie	23	241	16 Sep 1905
43	Dixon, Will	23	317	10 Dec 1910
44	Cherrett, Percy	23	354	1 Sep 1923
45	Middleton, Peter	24	3	16 Sep 1972
46	Jackson, Alex	24	112	19 Mar 1960
47	Wylde, Gregg	24	138	8 Aug 2015
48	Stirling, Robert	24	188	2 Sep 1907
49	Simpson, John	24	207	27 Aug 1932
50	Richardson, Frank **	24	210	27 Aug 1921

Oldest Scorers
#	Player	Yr	Dy	Last Goal
1	Goodall, Archie	39	92	19 Sep 1903
2	McCall, Steve	39	22	6 Nov 1999
3	Rowley, Jack	38	97	12 Jan 1957
4	Dougall, Neil	36	324	27 Sep 1958
5	McCormick, Jimmy	36	313	6 Mar 1920
6	Craig, Fred	36	231	4 Sep 1929
7	Butler, Jack	36	228	10 Jan 1914
8	Russell, Moses	36	179	15 Nov 1924
9	Jones, Pat	36	162	16 Feb 1957
10	Nalis, Lilian	36	147	23 Feb 2008
11	Strauss, Bill	35	228	22 Aug 1951
12	Jones, Len	35	227	22 Jan 1949
13	Wotton, Paul *	35	214	19 Mar 2013
14	Nisbet, Gordon **	35	184	21 Mar 1987
15	Hayles, Barry	35	159	23 Oct 2007
16	Purse, Darren	35	74	28 Apr 2012
17	Wilcox, Harry	35	53	12 Mar 1913
18	Fox, David	35	13	26 Dec 2018
19	Ratcliffe, Paddy	34	317	13 Nov 1954
20	MacDonald, Willie	34	309	13 May 1940
21	Forbes, Fred	34	269	1 May 1929
22	Rawlings, Syd	34	215	6 Dec 1947
23	Tynan, Tommy	34	155	21 Apr 1990
24	Taylor, George	34	128	15 Oct 1949
25	Logan, Jimmy	34	115	3 Dec 1927
26	Heathcote, Mick	34	102	21 Dec 1999
27	Burrows, Adrian	34	91	17 Apr 1993
28	Wright, Jocky	34	82	27 Apr 1907
29	Hodges, Lee	33	344	14 Aug 2007
30	Cock, Jack	33	321	1 Oct 1927
31	Edwards, Joe	33	319	14 Sep 2024
32	Wilson, James	33	309	1 Jan 2023
33	Vidler, Jack	33	229	28 Jan 1939
34	Carless, Ernie	33	223	20 Apr 1946
35	Dews, George	33	203	25 Dec 1954
36	Marshall, Dwight	33	192	13 Apr 1999
37	McCarthy, Sean	33	179	10 Mar 2001
38	Burrows, Harry	33	171	4 Sep 1974
39	Edwards, Keith	33	158	21 Dec 1990
40	Gray, Andre **	33	149	22 Nov 2024
41	Leslie, Jack	33	134	29 Dec 1934
42	Porteous, Johnny	33	132	16 Apr 1955
43	Evans, Mickey	33	119	30 Apr 2006
44	Tadman, Maurice	33	82	18 Sep 1954
45	Clayton, Gary	33	50	23 Mar 1996
46	Binney, Fred **	33	48	29 Sep 1979
47	Pearson, Ian	33	20	8 Oct 1983
48	Clarke, Colin	33	3	7 Apr 1979
49	Fletcher, Charlie	32	359	22 Oct 1938
50	Provan, Dave	32	356	2 Mar 1974