Saturday’s home game against Charlton Athletic will now be refereed by Sam Barrott and not James Bell.
As per yesterday's stories, Bell is a supporter of his hometown club Sheffield Wednesday, one of the Blues’ rivals for automatic promotion from League One.
On learning that that was the situation, Town approached the authorities requesting that another referee should take charge of the fixture.
Barrott (pictured above), who was initially slated as the fourth official for the Stevenage-Wimbledon game in League Two, has swapped appointments with Bell and will now be the man in the middle at Portman Road.
The West Riding-based official will be refereeing the Blues for the fourth time having taken charge of the 1-1 draw at Cambridge United in February and the 1-1 opening day home draw with Bolton Wanderers.
He was also in charge of Town boss Kieran McKenna’s first match as Blues manager, the 1-0 home victory over Wycombe Wanderers at Portman Road in December 2021.