Picture gallery – 50 great Sports Mail covers as paper’s final edition marks the end of an era

It was the end of an era - the final edition of the Sports Mail has been published, the last weekend sports paper to be produced by a British regional daily newspaper.
Left - Pompey 1 Cardiff City 0, FA Cup final, May 2008. Right - Pompey 2 Nottingham Forest 0, Championship, August 2002 - the first game of the Championship title-winning season.Left - Pompey 1 Cardiff City 0, FA Cup final, May 2008. Right - Pompey 2 Nottingham Forest 0, Championship, August 2002 - the first game of the Championship title-winning season.
Left - Pompey 1 Cardiff City 0, FA Cup final, May 2008. Right - Pompey 2 Nottingham Forest 0, Championship, August 2002 - the first game of the Championship title-winning season.

Here, in a special feature, we bring together some of the best front pages in the Mail’s history - recalling great Pompey matches from a raft of different decades.

Which is your favourite front page, and why?

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