Nicholls was the chosen fan but he was sitting on one side of the Crucible, watching a match between Mark Williams and Hossein Vafaei, while Mark Allen was compiling his 147 on the other table.

Nicholls was the chosen fan but he was sitting on one side of the Crucible, watching a match between Mark Williams and Hossein Vafaei, while Mark Allen was compiling his 147 on the other table. With ...