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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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PETER RATTRAY

Full Name: Peter Kerr Rattray

Born: 07 November 1925

Came from: Dundee Went to: Norwich City

First game: 02 September 1950 Last game: 30 April 1952

Appearances: 55 (55/0) Goals: 22

Born in Bannockburn in Stirlingshire, Scotland, he began his career with Scottish junior side Rutherglen Glencairn in Glasgow.

He was signed by Dundee and spent five seasons at Dens Park from 1945 to 1950. He made 40 appearances and scored 20 goals, helping the club regain its top-flight status as B Division champions.

He moved to Argyle in a swap deal for £3,000 and the transfer of Stan Williams in 1950, under fellow Scot Jimmy Rae. Despite taking a little while to settle in, he became an indispensable member of the team. A tall inside-forward, he had surprisingly good ability for his size and was a major part of the promotion-winning team of 1951-52, scoring 19 league goals. In just two seasons with Argyle, he nearly matched a one-in-two strike rate, finishing with 22 goals in 55 appearances.

Despite his success, he requested a transfer at the end of the season and moved to Norwich City for £9,000 in the summer of 1952.

A little over a year later, after a less successful spell in East Anglia - in which he scored five goals in 24 games - he returned to Scotland with Stirling Albion in 1953, near his home town of Bannockburn. He played 20 games for the club and scored three goals. He then moved to his last club, St Johnstone, for whom he played nine games and scored four goals between 1955 and 1957 before retiring from the game.

He remained living and working locally in his native Stirlingshire, before passing away in late 2004 at the age of 79. His death was registered in the Clackmannanshire registration district, just east of Stirling.

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APPEARANCE DETAILS [reselect competitions]

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

We are very grateful to many who have helped write GoS-DB's player pen-pictures, and to Dave Rowntree and the PAFC Media Team 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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