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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.

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Plymouth Argyle Heritage Archive.
April 2024

Thanks to Dave Rowntree for many of the player images after 1984.

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RYAN HARDIE

Born: 17 March 1997

1. Came from: Blackpool Went to: Blackpool

1. First game: 11 January 2020 Last game: 07 March 2020

2. Came from: Blackpool Went to:

2. First game: 05 September 2020 Last game: 01 October 2024

Appearances: 218 (151/67) Goals: 64

Born in Stranraer in southwest Scotland, Hardie joined Rangers as a schoolboy and progressed through the Glasgow club's ranks to earn honours for Scotland from under-16 to under-21 levels. In February 2016 he went on loan to Raith Rovers, the first of five loan spells over the following three years (Raith, St Mirren, Raith again and Livingstone twice).

Now 22 and yearning for regular first team football, the striker made the decision in the summer of 2019 to leave his boyhood club and head south to take up an offer from Blackpool. In the following January transfer window, after just one goal in seven starts and five substitute appearances for the Seasiders, he headed further south to Home Park on a loan for the rest of the season, which turned out to be much shorter than expected because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the last game of the season was only two months after his arrival, he nevertheless chalked up seven goals in five starts and eight substitute appearances, including a goal four minutes into his debut.

As well as playing an important role in Ryan Lowe's promotion winning campaign, Hardie had made a big impression with the fans, so in July 2020 the news of another loan spell, this time for the full 2020-21 season, was widely welcomed. Six months later, his season-long loan was cut short when his move to Home Park was converted to a permanent deal.

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APPEARANCE DETAILS [reselect competitions]

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I'm very grateful to many who have helped write GoS-DB's player pen-pictures, and to Dave Rowntree, the PAFC Media Team and Colin Parsons for their help with photos. Thanks also to staff at the National Football Museum, the Scottish Football Museum and ScotlandsPeople for their valuable assistance.

The following publications have been particularly valuable in the research of pen-pictures: Plymouth Argyle, A Complete Record 1903-1989 (Brian Knight, ISBN 0-907969-40-2); Plymouth Argyle, 101 Golden Greats (Andy Riddle, ISBN 1-874287-47-3); Football League Players' Records 1888-1939 (Michael Joyce, ISBN 1-899468-67-6); Football League Players' Records 1946-1988 (Barry Hugman, ISBN 1-85443-020-3) and Plymouth Argyle Football Club Handbooks.