West Ham v Portsmouth, Burnley v Notts County: Carabao Cup first round – live

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Key events

GOAL! Cambridge United 2-1 Barnet (Heath 57). These off-piste London buses are becoming a goddamn nuisance. Isaac Heath completes the turnaround for Cambridge at the Abbey, where there’s now been three goals in eight minutes.

Meanwhile, in other time-wasting news, allow us to hang this on-topic retro Joy of Six triptych. Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy.

GOAL! Cambridge United 1-1 Barnet (Knight 52). Almost immediately, Ben Knight levels things up at the Abbey. What are these London buses doing in Cambridge?

GOAL! Cambridge United 0-1 Barnet (Tshimanga 49). We have our first goal of the afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Kabongo Tshimanga has opened the scoring at the Abbey Stadium.

In lieu of action to report, all of which will surely be coming down the line, here’s a musical interlude. All together now, you showbiz kids: ♬ ♪ ♫ You know they don’t give … ♬ ♪ ♫

… but there were goals in the three matches played last night. Wolverhampton Wanderers beat Port Vale 3-0, Stevenage won 2-1 at Wycombe, and ITV cleared their schedules for this:

There’s already one match underway, and we have to be honest with you, we’re not off to a flyer. It’s goalless between Cambridge United and Barnet at the break.

Preamble

The 2026-27 Football League season hasn’t started yet … but it’s started! The League Cup is already up and running, see, and here’s today’s Super 3pm Saturday Clockwatch Card …

AFC Wimbledon v Newport
Barnsley v Wigan
Bradford v Rochdale
Bristol Rovers v Peterborough
Bromley v Reading
Burnley v Notts County
Burton v Blackburn
Cambridge v Barnet (1pm)
Cardiff v Swindon
Crewe v Accrington
Derby v Lincoln
Fleetwood v Chesterfield
Gillingham v Luton
Grimsby v Blackpool
Leicester v Northampton
Leyton Orient v Oxford
Norwich v MK Dons
Preston v Huddersfield
QPR v Millwall (2pm)
Salford v Shrewsbury
Sheff Wed v Bolton
Stockport v Doncaster
Stoke v Oldham
Swansea v Birmingham
Watford v Crawley
West Ham v Portsmouth