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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.

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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

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LES MAJOR

Born: 25 January 1926

Came from: Leicester City Went to: Retired

First game: 31 August 1949 Last game: 30 March 1956

Appearances: 78 (78/0) Goals: 0

Major was born in Yeovil, in Somerset but grew up in Leicestershire, and as a young goalkeeper was spotted by Leicester City whilst playing schoolboy football for Loughborough-based side Brush Sports. The club was dissolved in 1960 and eventually replaced by Loughborough United.

He then spent two years at Filbert Street, playing only occasionally due to the amount of competition at the club for the goalkeeper's jersey. In total he played 26 times for the Foxes, between 1947 and 1949.

He then moved to Argyle on a free transfer, ostensibly as back-up to Bill Shortt and spent seven years with the club but played a relatively small number of games, largely due to being a second-choice stopper for most of his stay. He did however make 23 appearances in his first four seasons with the club, including two in the 1951-52 Third Division (South) championship-winning season.

Following Shortt's retirement, it appeared that Major would then become the first-choice 'keeper at Home Park, but cruelly, an injury forced him to leave the game at almost the same time. A previous knock had turned into a persistent thigh injury which impacted his agility and kicking, and failing to respond to treatment, meant he was advised to retire from the professional game. He had played 101 games in total over a nine-year career.

Returning to Leicestershire he became steward of the Newbold Verdon Working Men's Club (WMC), in the Leicestershire village about four miles from Market Bosworth. He remained living and working in the East Midlands area and passed away in December 2001, aged 75 years old.

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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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