The fixture is Nield’s third this season as a Championship referee, and marks the first time he’s been in the middle for a Norwich game.
The West Yorkshire resident is no stranger to Norfolk, however, having refereed in the Anglian Combination at the start of his senior career.
The first game he was in charge of was a reserve game between Holt United and Horsford United, in the non-league body containing teams in Norfolk and north Suffolk. It’s Premier Division is on level 11 of the English football pyramid, and the league contains 96 teams in seven divisions.
Nield oversaw the League Two Play-Off final at Wembley between Stockport County and Carlisle United in May, before being promoted to the Select Group 2 development group.
That means he can now referee second-tier games, and will do so in South Wales tomorrow evening.
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