Editing Nicky Wire (section)

==Personal life==
Wire married his childhood sweetheart, Rachel, on 25 September 1993. He missed the band's appearance on ''[[Top of the Pops]]'' to promote "[[Roses in the Hospital]]" because of the honeymoon and was replaced on the day by a Manic Street Preachers roadie wearing a [[Minnie Mouse]] mask. The couple lived in the [[Newport, Wales|Newport]] suburb [[Allt-yr-yn]] with their daughter and son.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Manic+Nicky+leaves+terrace+home+for+a+mansion.-a094780804|title=Manic Nicky leaves terrace home for a mansion. - Free Online Library|website=www.thefreelibrary.com}}</ref>

The family previously lived in a [[terrace (architecture)|terrace]] house in the village [[Wattsville]], near Blackwood. Although he was annoyed when the Daily Mirror revealed he lived there, printing a picture of his house with the number clearly visible, he later paid public tribute to his former home in the title of the track "Wattsville Blues" on the ''[[Know Your Enemy (Manic Street Preachers album)|Know Your Enemy]]'' album.

Wire follows the [[Welsh national rugby union team|Welsh rugby union team]], Whiteheads RFC and Dragons.<ref name="BBCR" /> He is also a fan of [[Warrington Wolves]] [[rugby league]] team <ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/super_league/2816273.stm |title=BBC Sport Rugby League Warrington Wolves Celebrity Fans |publisher=BBC News |date=7 March 2003 |access-date=13 September 2011}}</ref> (nicknamed The Wire), as well as being a supporter of football team [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]], from whom he turned down an offer of a trial as a teenager.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mehstg.com/fans_proof.htm |title=Spurs fans – proof of their support |publisher=Mehstg.com |access-date=13 September 2011}}</ref>
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