Meet The Ref - Stoke City v Latics

Latics head south down the M6 on Tuesday for a Championship fixture against Stoke City, the referee for the game will be West Yorkshire based official, Tom Nield.

 

Tom Nield

Tom Nield was appointed to the National List back in the 2017/18 season, his first game being Cambridge United 1:2 Carlisle United.

Nield, who is also a senior nurse with the Mid Yorkshire NHS, has taken charge of 173 games since making his EFL debut, issuing 538 yellow and 17 red cards, he has awarded 34 penalties across those six seasons.

Nield has taken charge of four Latics games previously, all have come at the DW Stadium, two in our administration season, both were defeats, Gillingham and Portsmouth. The other two came last season, both were wins, Doncaster and Charlton. 

Of Tom Nield’s 31 games so far, only 1 has been at Championship level, but he has refereed 3 games in Japan, in the J2 League.

Tom Nield’s last game was Saturday 15^th April, the League 1 draw between Shrewsbury and Portsmouth, Nield issued seven yellow cards and sent off Shrews midfielder Tom Flanagan in the 86^th minute of the game,

Tom Nield’s Latics Games

Date	Competition	Result	Latics Cards
19 Sep 2020	League One	Latics 2:3 Gillingham	2Y
05 Apr 2021	League One	Latics 0:1 Portsmouth	3Y
11 Sep 2021	League One	Latics 2:1 Doncaster	4Y
12 Feb 2022	League One	Latics 1:0 Charlton	1Y

 

Tom Nield Card Watch 2022/23

Games – 31

Yellows – 91

Reds – 3

Penalties – 6

Stoke City v Wigan Athletic

Referee – Tom Nield

Assistants – Mark Stevens and Akil Howson

4^th Official – David Webb

 

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