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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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April 2024

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PETER KEARNS

Born: 26 March 1937

Came from: Wellingborough Went to: Aldershot

First game: 20 August 1956 Last game: 31 October 1959

Appearances: 67 (67/0) Goals: 8

Kearns was an inside-forward and was born in Aldershot, in Hampshire.

He began his career with Wellingborough Town, and joined Argyle as a teenager in 1956 for £600 under Jack Rowley, and soon established himself in the first team. He played 60 games in his first two seasons at Home Park, mostly at inside-forward. During the close season Kearns also spent time working for local building firm WC Cooper to pick up additional income. That role also enabled him to finish his apprenticeship as a carpenter, whilst undertaking his National Service and playing football for the Army.

He eventually lost his lost his place in Rowley's side, after the arrival of more experienced, Jimmy Gauld. He missed out completely on the 1958-59 Division Three (South) winning team by virtue of both being unable to dislodge Gauld and via a loan spell with Corby Town. Returning to Home Park the following season, he added five further appearances and one more goal for the club. In total, he had made 67 appearances and scored eight goals in his four seasons at Home Park, although he only made appearances in three of those seasons. Kearns then made a move to his home town club, Aldershot. He would spend six years at the Recreation Ground playing 185 times and scoring 65 goals, becoming the Shots' sixth-highest scorer of all-time.

With the Shots short of money he was sold and ended his Football League career with a spell with Lincoln City in the 1968-69 season, playing 46 times and scoring 11 goals. In total, his Football League career amounted to a very respectable 83 goals from 296 appearances.

Having left Lincoln he moved into non-league football with Southern League Weymouth. Retiring fully from playing after two seasons with the Dorset club, he worked in the advertising department of the Dorset Evening Echo newspaper and had a spell as a Director at Weymouth in the 1990s.

Sadly in his later years, Peter was treated for dementia and passed away in July 2014, aged 77, at Weymouth's Queen Charlotte Residential Care Home.

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APPEARANCE DETAILS [reselect competitions]

The details below reflect appearances in all first-team competitions.

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.

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