A healthy crowd of 2,575 turned out at Privett Park to see Gosport lad Matt Ritchie grab a hat-trick with Ben Sahar helping himself to the other goal.
It wasn't plain sailing for the Premier League side though, as Nathan Lynch levelled for the Sou
thern League outfit moments after Ritchie had opened the scoring.
Gosport matched a Blues team which included the likes of John Utaka, Martin Cranie, Lauren and Arnold Mvuemba in the first period.
But Pompey's superior fitness took over after the restart, as first Sahar and then Ritchie stepped up with three quickfire goals in nine minutes.
Now Harry Redknapp's men will put their pre-season programme to bed and focus on the serious business of collecting Premier League points, as they bid to upset Luis Felipe Scolari's first competitive game in charge of Chelsea on Sunday.
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