Editing Nick Hancock (section)

==Personal life==
Hancock met his wife, [[Iran|Iranian-born]] Shari Eftekhari, during a [[George Best]] and [[Rodney Marsh (footballer)|Rodney Marsh]] football roadshow in [[Staines]], [[Surrey]]. Hancock proposed to Shari in a pub: "We were playing pool in the Nellie Dean. I said to Shari: 'Have I got something stuck between my teeth?' As she looked I stuck out my tongue – there was an engagement ring on it. She said: 'That's lovely, yes, I will – but can we change the ring?" The couple married in [[Staffordshire]] in 1997, two years after they first met, and have two children.<ref name="shropshirestar"/>

Hancock is a lifelong supporter of [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]]. In September 2001, he paid £20,000 at [[Sotheby's]] Football Memorabilia auction in London for the [[FA Cup]] winner's medal awarded to [[Sir Stanley Matthews]] in [[1953 FA Cup Final|1953]]. Hancock sold the medal in November 2014 for £220,000.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-29993650|publisher=BBC News|title=Sir Stanley Matthews FA Cup medal sells for £220,000|date=11 November 2014}}</ref> In 2007, he made an appearance on an edition of ''[[Antiques Roadshow]]'' recorded in Stoke-on-Trent, talking about some of the items in his collection of football memorabilia. He is also a [[cricket]] fan. He was interviewed by [[6 Towns Radio]] about the 40th anniversary of Stoke's 1972 League Cup win.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h42ppScS6VI&list=UUG9JYaCyrJYwmi-_Kcjoqow&index=13&feature=plcp| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003072441/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h42ppScS6VI&list=UUG9JYaCyrJYwmi-_Kcjoqow&index=13&feature=plcp| archive-date=2018-10-03 | url-status=dead|title=Nick Hancock interview on 6 Towns Radio – Stoke City League Cup|author=6TownsTV|date=5 March 2012|via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>

He lives with his wife and their two children in [[Shrewsbury]].<ref name="shropshirestar"/>