Here is the "Sunday" paper, usually a compilation of the most important news of the week, plus follow ups, and often containing a glossy magazine. A lot of them are related to weekly papers, and use the same name, but with "Sunday" tacked on in front.
The Sunday Mail was actually founded in Glasgow in 1919, but, coincidentally, bought out by Gomer Berry, who we spoke of with our Card of the Day for the 25th of September 2021 - which actually features in our newly (but still partially) restored newsletter for the 3rd of October 2021. In fact, Mr. Berry bought three papers at the same time, the Sunday Mail, the Daily Record and the Glasgow Evening News - and it cost him a million pounds. And he kept them right until 1955, when they were sold to the Mirror Group. I cannot find out what they paid for them.
This set appears in our original British Trade Index, but not until part four. They are part of a larger group, including the black and white cards we featured as our Card of the Day for the 18th of October 2025. However that list includes both the black and white and the colour cards, so it is repeated here for ease.
The Sunday MAIL
Scottish Sunday newspaper. Cards issued about 1950.
- Scottish Footballers (A). 142 x 90. Two styles, captions as facsimile signatures. Club names do not appear on the cards but are added in parentheses in the listings ... SURR-1
1. Inscribed in panel at base "Sunday Mail Junior Sports Club", see Fig.SURR-1.1. 40 known
A. Picture in black and white, words "Copyright" and "Photograph" in capitals
B. Picture in colour, words "Copyright" and "Photograph" in upper and lower case letters
1. B. - George Aitken (Third Lanark)
2. A. - Archie Baird (Aberdeen)
3. B. - Bobbie Brown (Rangers)
4. A. B. - Jim Cowan (Greenock Morton)
5. A. B. - Sammy Cox (Rangers)
6. A. - Peter Craigmyle (Referee)
7.. A. - Johnny Deakin (St Mirren)
8. A. - Jimmy Duncanson (Rangers)
9. B. - Bobby Evans (Celtic)
10. A. - Torry Gillick (Rangers)
11 .A - John Govan (Hibernian)
12. A. - Billy Honliston (Queen of the South)
13. A - Wilson Humphries (Motherwell)
14. A - Jimmy Inglis (Falkirk)
15. B. - R. Johnstone (Hibernian)
16. A. - Jacky Law (Queen of the South)
17. A. - David Letham (Queens Park)
18. A. - Alex Linwood (Clyde) - Fig. SURR-1.1
19. A. - Hugh Long (Clyde)
20. A. B. - Ian McCall (Rangers)
21. A. - Ian McMillan (Airdrieonians)
22. A. - John McPhail (Celtic)
23. A. - Jimmy Mallan (Celtic)
24. B. - Jas Mason (Third Lanark) - as No.9 in (2)
25. A. - Willie Paton (Rangers)
26. A. - Tommy Pearson (Aberdeen)
27. A. - W. Penman (Raith Rovers)
28. A. B. - Willie Redpath (Motherwell)
29. A. - Laurie Reilly (Hibernian) - different picture to below
B. - Laurie Reilly (Hibernian) - different picture to above
30. A. - Archie Shaw (Motherwell)
31. A. - Davie Shaw (Hibernian)V
32 B. - Gordon Smith (Hibernian) - as No.11 in (2)
33. A. - Billy Steel (Greenock Morton)
B. - Billy Steel (Dundee)
34. A. B. - Willie Thornton (Rangers)
35. A. - Charlie Tully (Celtic) - different picture to below
B. - Charlie Tully (Celtic)- different picture to above
36. B. - Eddie Turnbull (Hibernian)
37. A. B. - Willie Waddell (Rangers)
38. B. - Jimmy Walker (Partick Thistle)
39. A. B. - Willie Woodburn (Rangers)
40. A. - Geo. Young (Rangers) - different picture to below
B. - Geo. Young (Rangers) - different picture to above
It appears in our updated British Trade Index as :
- SUNDAY MAIL JUNIOR SPORTS CLUB. 142 x 90. Captions appear on picture as facsimile autograph, or in roughly printed capitals. Two printings. Unnd. (89 known). Plain back. See HS-110 ... SUN-250
1. B&W, words "Copyright" and "Photograph" in capitals.
2. Coloured, words ""Copyright" and "Photograph" in upper and lower case letters