Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan rashin nasarar da ya yi a zagaye na farko da Andy Hamilton a gasar zakarun Turai ya yi sharhi ga ESPN wanda ke watsa gasar a Burtaniya. A gasar Grand Prix ta Duniya ya doke Michael Mansell da Colin Osborne don isa wasan kusa da na karshe a wasan. Ya fuskanci Wes Newton kuma ya jagoranci 2 <unk> 0 a cikin saiti, amma bai iya fitar da 106 don cin nasarar saiti kai tsaye ba kuma a maimakon haka ya ci gaba da rasa 2 <unk> 3. A watan Oktoba, ya kai wasan karshe na farko tun gasar cin kofin duniya a watan Fabrairu a gasar cin kofin Turai ta biyar a shekara, Dutch Darts Masters. Gasarsa ta hada da nasara a kan Michael van Gerwen, wanda ya lashe gasa hudu a cikin watanni biyu da suka gabata da kuma nasarar da ya yi a wasan kusa da karshe a kan Wayne Jones wanda ya doke Phil Taylor a zagaye na baya. Ya fuskanci dan uwansa Whitlock a wasan karshe na farko na Australiya a PDC ProTour kuma ya rasa 1<unk>6, bayan ya yarda cewa ya gudu daga tururi ta hanyar kammala gasar. A cikin
Grand Slam na Darts, Nicholson ya rasa wasanni biyu daga cikin wasanninsa uku na Rukunin F don kammala na uku a teburin kuma ya kasa cancanta zuwa na karshe 16. Bayan an buga dukkan wasannin ProTour 33 na shekarar 2012, Nicholson ya kasance na 18 a kan Dokar Kyauta, a cikin manyan 32 da suka cancanci shiga Wasannin Zakarun Players. Ya rasa dart daya a cikin yanke shawara a kan Ronnie Baxter a zagaye na farko, ya rasa 5 zuwa 6.