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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Paul_Nicholson_in_2011.png) Nicholson in 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Paul Michael Nicholson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "The Asset" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 May 1979 Newcastle, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Blyth, Northumberland, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing darts since | 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Darts | 22g Winmau Paul Nicholson Signature | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "Bad Reputation" by Joan Jett | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC | 2007–2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Quarter-final: 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Matchplay | Last 16: 2011, 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Grand Prix | Quarter-final: 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | Quarter-final: 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam | Quarter-final: 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Ch'ship | Quarter-final: 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ch'ship League | Runner-up: 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PC Finals | Winner (1): 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Paul Michael Nicholson (born 10 May 1979) is an English former professional darts player who played in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). He won a major event, the 2010 Players Championship Finals, where he defeated Mervyn King in the final. He was also the runner-up to Phil Taylor in the 2011 Championship League Darts, and part of the Australia team which lost a sudden death shoot-out to England in the 2012 PDC World Cup of Darts final.
Nicholson also acts as a sports commentator and TV and radio pundit. He was nicknamed "The Asset", and was known for coming on to the stage with sunglasses, and was also known for his professional wrestling-style walk ons, using the song "Club Foot" as his walk on music for most of his career. Nicholson had a feud with Phil Taylor during the 2011 UK Open, in which he supposedly "waved goodbye" to Taylor after beating him in a sudden death leg to reach the quarter-finals.