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

Key events31m agoPreambleMeanwhile, 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.PreambleThe 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 … so there’s no time to waste sitting here yakking. Let’s get going. It’s on!