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West Ham Fans Turn Out In Force to Break Astonishing Record

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West Ham have already broken a new record by selling the greatest number of tickets for the first round of the Carabao Cup against Portsmouth on Saturday 8 August.

As of noon yesterday , over 50,000 tickets have been sold for the domestic cup game at the London Stadium, which will be the Hammers’ first game of the season.

At lunchtime yesterday , 11,500 tickets remained on sale, with prices as low as £1 for children and £10 for adults.

West Ham Fans Snap Up Cup Tickets

Portsmouth quickly sold out their allocation of 9,000 and, allowing for a segregation zone of around 1,250 seats, it suggests that over 41,000 West Ham supporters have snapped up tickets.

With 10 days to go before the game, we could see many of the remaining 11,500 tickets sold before kick-off.

Record Attendance In Sight

Leeds United recorded the highest ever League Cup first-round attendance on a Wednesday evening in August 2023, with 35,129 supporters turning out at Elland Road for their win over Shrewsbury Town.

A club spokesperson told Claret & Hugh yesterday: “I think we’ll have sold 60,000 by this time next week.”

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Kris Gonzo (commonly known to the West Ham community as Gonzo) is the co-founder of Hammers Chat (established 2014) and the lead video content creator and columnist for Claret and Hugh.

With over a decade of professional sports media experience, he is a frequent West Ham United analyst and contributor for Sky Sports News, BBC Football Focus, and BBC Radio 5 Live. He previously served as an official video and content creator for West Ham United FC during the club's tenure at Upton Park and featured in the official documentary commemorating the historic final game at the Boleyn Ground.

A lifelong Hammer since the legendary 10-0 victory over Bury, when he isn't providing daily match analysis on the Hammers Chat YouTube Channel or broadcasting on X (@GONZObignose), he can be found walking his dog and restoring classic pinball machines.

3 comments

  • Anyoldiron says:

    Wow ‘Same Again’ you are one angry person. Angry and thick I’d say.. You’re right we havent yet bought anybody. We have a squad of nearly all Premier League standard players as it is. We don’t want to just buy any old dross out there. We have had incredible upheaval at the club and you’re already bleating on like we’re heading for League 1. Do us all a favour mate and stay away for the season will you.

  • Same again says:

    Yeah great witj no team…
    The stadium willl soon empty when the fsns see thar we have been lied to again…not one fking signing..its a fking disgrace…we wont.ho up because of this and then bowen and the rest will leave…
    Are you and them thst thick that you can’t see this ??? All we have is kids with 3 or 4 from last year…its astounding how you all keep talking about direction.and hiw much better it is ….

    BUT ITS NOT ..YET AGAIN 1 WEEK T THE START AND.WE HSVE NOT ONE SIGNING

    BUT WEN WE SOLD CRYO AND FERNANDES MY GOD IT TOOK A COUPLE DAYS …WHERE IS ALL THAT MONEY YOU CORRUPT CNTS

    • Anyoldiron says:

      Mate you’re one angry person. If I were you I’d stay away from the ground this season, negativity like that is the last thing we need. Whilst staying away from the ground perhaps you could take a bit of time improving your English, it’s not very good and you ought to consider that before making acusations of people who can wrtie far better than you of being THICK. I shouted that as you seem to like shouting.

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