Life Outside Snooker
He is a fan of Leicester City Football Club, who he has supported since childhood.
In July 2006, he won the WEPF World Eight-ball Championship, beating Darren Appleton 11–7 in the final at Blackpool. He is also known to be a fan of darts, beating Eric Bristow in 2007 and taking on Raymond van Barneveld in exhibition matches.
Selby's nickname on the snooker circuit is "the Jester from Leicester", a name given to him by snooker compere, Richard Beare.
Mark's wife Vikki Layton, who often attends his major matches, is an Irish international pool player. They announced their engagement in August 2010, and were married in Mexico on 24 May 2011. Though he doesn't have children of his own, he has nephews, such as Harrison Layton - a Copleston High School high jump champion.
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“In ‘70 he married again, and I having, voluntarily, assumed the legal guilt of breaking my marriage contract, do cheerfully accept the legal penalty—a life of celibacy—bringing no charge against him who was my husband, save that he was not much better than the average man.”
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