Bournemouth on 26 January, Crawley were eliminated from the FA Cup following a 2–1 defeat. He won the League Two Goal of the Month award for March 2021 for his goal against Tranmere Rovers on 6 March after receiving 43% of the public vote, with the goal described as a "delightful team goal". On 20 April 2021, he was shown a straight red card after elbowing Newport County defender Liam Shephard in the head in the 89th-minute of a 2–0 defeat. Having scored 15 goals in 46 appearances, Nichols was awarded Crawley Town's Player of the Year for the 2020–21 campaign. The club took up their option to extend Nichols' contract by a year. Nichols made his first appearance of the 2021–22 season on 4 September 2021 in a 1–0 defeat to Bristol Rovers, and signed a new two-year contract with the option of a further year that day. The following match saw Nichols net his first goal for six months, "drilling the ball in" for the opening goal of a 2–1 home victory over Carlisle United. Across the 2021–22 season, he scored 10 goals in 39 league matches. After appearing 23 times and scoring 4 goals during the 2022–23 season, Nichols was left out of the matchday squad on two consecutive occasions in December 2022, leading to rumours he was to be involved in a transfer away from the club. Nichols later stated in an interview that " I got told that [Crawley] had accepted an offer for me from another club and I couldn't play any more", adding that "at the time I was not asking to leave at all". Gillingham On 28 December 2022, it was announced that Nichols had signed for League Two's bottom club Gillingham for an undisclosed fee, officially joining the club on 1 January 2023. The fee was rumoured to be around £60,000. He made his debut against Hartlepool United on 14 January and scored Gillingham's first goal and assisted the second in a 2–0 victory. Style of play Nichols plays as a striker, with Nichols describing himself as "the platform to play off", adding that "they play up to me and I try to hold the ball up and get the team up the pitch". Peterborough United manager Grant McCann described Nichols as a "very good footballer", going on to say that "he moves well and links up play well". Career statistics