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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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April 2024

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JOHN TEDESCO

Born: 07 March 1949

Came from: Apprentice Went to: Bristol Rovers

First game: 06 May 1967 Last game: 11 March 1970

Appearances: 45 (37/8) Goals: 4

Born in Modbury, Tedesco (actually an Italian word meaning German) started his career as an apprentice with Argyle, signing professional forms in 1966.

He spent four years at Home Park but could not win a regular place in the first team, despite being a prolific goalscorer for the reserves. He played under four different managers, but only mustered four goals in 45 games in green, having played for the first team under each of them.

He moved on to Bristol Rovers in 1970 but did not make any appearances in their first team, and later moved to Reading in 1971-2, where he suffered the same fate. However, whilst with the Royals, he did play twice for their reserves in Football Combination League matches against Argyle on 31st August and 15th September 1971, scoring the only goal in the second match, played at Elm Park, Reading.

He later went on to play for Bath City, scoring twice in eight outings for City during the 1972-73 season after moving down the M4 from Reading.

On retirement from football, he took over the running of the Pretes Ice-Cream Parlour from his father Joe, on Southside Street on the Barbican. The business had been started in 1882. Remembered for its nautical and fishing paraphernalia, it also housed a work by well-known Plymothian artist Robert Lenkiewicz, a mural often referred to as the 'Mars Bar' or 'Last Supper' work, featuring members of the Tedesco family in the café, and a self-portrait of Lenkiewicz himself, plumb centre, eating a chocolate bar.

John continued the running of Pretes until his own retirement in 2014. The premises has changed hands several times since, but remains an ice-cream parlour into the third decade of the new millennium. The Lenkiewicz was removed, first to a gallery in Somerset and is now in private ownership.

The Plymouth-born novelist and Argyle fan, Radu Herklots, also named the lead private detective character in his book John Tedesco, after John.

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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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