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

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.

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.

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?

Left - Pompey 5 Aston Villa 1, May 1950 - Pompey retain the Division 1 title on goal average from Wolves. Right - Bolton 1 Pompey 2, April 1949 - the Blues are crowned champions of England for the first time.

Left - Millwall 0 Pompey 5, Championship, March 2003 - another great win on the road to the Premier League. Right - Pompey 1 Oxford United 4, August 2013 - the Sports Mail returns for the first day of a new season, after being initially axed the previous October.

Left - Southampton 2 Pompey 3, Division 2, February 1964 - the last time Pompey completed a league double over their arch rivals. Right - Pompey 3 York City 1, Division 3, May 1977 - two goals from Clive Green help preserve Pompey's third tier status in what was Jimmy Dickinson's first home game as manager.

Left - Pompey 7 Reading 4, Premier League, September 2007. Right - Pompey 2 Aston Villa 1, August 2003 - the club's first ever Premier League fixture ends in victory.

Left - Pompey 2 Oxford United 1, Division 2, December 1984 - two late Alan Biley goals give Blues a dramatic success against the eventual champions. Right - Pompey 4 Wolves 1, April 1939 - the club's first FA Cup final success.

Left - Pompey 1 Arsenal 1, FA Cup fourth round, 1971 - a late Mike Trebilcock goal gives Pompey a draw against the eventual winners. Right - Pompey 2 Southend 0, May 1983 - the Blues clinch promotion from Division 3.

Left - Pompey 1 Nottingham Forest 0, FA Cup quarter final, March 1992. Right - Southampton 2 Pompey 2, Championship, April 2012 - the last league derby between the two arch rivals, and David Norris scores a famous equaliser.

Left - Leyton Orient 3 Pompey 6, Division 2, October 1963 - Pompey hit back from 0-3 down to win. Right - Pompey 6 Fulham 3, Division 2, October 1971.

Left - The Sports Mail celebrates its centenary, September 2003. Right - MK Dons 2 Pompey 2, League One, October 2012 - the first 'last ever' Sports Mail. The paper returned the following August.

Left - Huddersfield 6 Pompey 3, Division 2, October 1959 - after Pompey had led 3-0. Right - Pompey 3 Middlesbrough 0, Division 2, August 1968