Editing Nicky Wire (section)

===Early life===
Born Nicholas Allen Jones in [[Llanbadoc]], [[Monmouthshire (historic)|Monmouthshire]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/aug/04/popandrock2 |title=Nicky Wire: Interview in the Guardian, Saturday 4 August 2007 |work=The Guardian  |date= 4 August 2007|access-date=13 September 2011 |location=London}}</ref> Wales, Wire is the younger brother of poet and author [[Patrick Jones (poet)|Pat Jones]].<ref name="BBC1" /> He attended [[Oakdale Comprehensive School]] with [[James Dean Bradfield]], [[Sean Moore (musician)|Sean Moore]] and [[Richey Edwards]]. Wire played competitive schools [[association football|football]] and, aged 14, was captain of the Welsh national schoolboys' team. Although he was offered a trial at both [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] and [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] football clubs, back and knee problems brought his football career to an end. Wire took [[Advanced Level (UK)|A-levels]] in politics and law. He later attended [[University of Portsmouth|Portsmouth Polytechnic]], but after several months transferred to the [[Swansea University|University of Wales Swansea]], starting his course a year after Edwards. He graduated with a [[British undergraduate degree classification|Lower Second-Class]] [[Honours degree]] in politics, which has led him to comment that he may have pursued a career in the diplomatic service or the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.