Portsmouth handed huge ticket allocation for Carabao Cup first-round tie at West Ham - and they come cheap, too
Pompey fans will be out in force when the Blues take on West Ham in the first round of the Carabao Cup on August 8.
A huge sea of blue will potentially greet Pompey when they kick-off their 2026-27 season at West Ham next month.
The Blues travel to the Hammers’ London Stadium in the first round of the Carabao Cup on Saturday, August 8 (3pm).
The game will be the first meeting between the two sides in the capital since September 2011. It will also be Pompey’s maiden trip to the venue that hosted the Olympic Games in 2012, with West Ham leaving Upton Park and moving to their new home in 2016.
The Stratford ground has a capacity of 62,500 on match days - and it appears that figure has allowed Pompey’s hosts to be generous with the number of away tickets they’ve allocated the Blues for the fixture.
Indeed, Pompey have been given a staggering 9,000 tickets in the Sir Trevor Brooking Stand for the game, which could see the biggest Pompey invasion of London since the 2019 Checkatrade Trophy final against Sunderland at Wembley, when more than 40,000 members of the Fratton faithful descended on the capital.
The allocation is also more than the 8,800 tickets the club received for their FA Cup third-round tie against Spurs at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in 2023.
And to make the fixture even more appealing, no Pompey fan will pay more than £10 for their match entry. When the sales window opens next week, an adult ticket will cost £10, anyone over 65 can expect to pay £8, under-21s will be charged £8, while fans under the age of 18 can buy their ticket for just £1.
When can Pompey fans get hold of their tickets?
Tickets go on sale from 10am on Tuesday, July 14, for fans with 90+ loyalty points. Supporters with 76+ and 71+ points on their cards can then purchase their tickets from 1pm and 4pm respectively.
Wednesday, July 15, sees the sales window open for fans with 40+ loyalty points (10am), followed by those with 5+ points at 1pm.
Tickets will then go on general sale at 4pm on Wednesday until Tuesday, August 4, subject to availability.
Tickets can be purchased online or in person, with a £3 booking fee added per booking.
Digital tickets will be sent to supporters one week before the game and will need to be downloaded into the digital wallet on your phone.
The Blues have been allocated 2,500 tickets for the game at the Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor.