Les Scadding

Les Scadding is the current chairman of Welsh football club Newport County A.F.C. who compete in League Two of the English football league system.

He made his fortune through winning the EuroMillions lottery in 2009 alongside his then wife Samantha Peachey-Scadding.[1] They won a total of £45.5m. Les had been unemployed for a year before buying the winning ticket and he had beaten testicular cancer five years earlier.[2]

He has three children from his first marriage and gave them each an undisclosed seven-figure sum but did not share any with their mother, Rose-Marie.[3][4][5]

In August 2012, Scadding succeeded Chris Blight as Chairman of Newport County A.F.C based in the city of Newport, Wales shortly after accepting an offer to join their board of directors.[6] Just over eight months after he took the position, Newport defeated fellow Welsh club Wrexham in the 2013 Conference Premier play-off Final to gain promotion to the Football League following a 25-year absence.[7]

In December 2013, it was reported that Les and Samantha had got divorced.[8]

In August 2014 Scadding presented a four part TV series for ITV Cymru Wales featuring Welsh lottery winners. The series was tilted "The Welsh Millionaires Club"[9]

References

  1. ↑ "UK Lottery winners are unveiled". BBC News. 10 November 2009. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  2. ↑ Paul Harris (11 November 2009). "'I was destined to win the lottery': £45.5m Euromillions winner is cancer victim who had been out of work for a year". Daily Mail. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  3. ↑ Richard Smith (12 November 2009). "EuroMillions winner Les Scadding's ex-wife: 'I'm pleased for Les, but I would rather have my happiness than his fortune" - exclusive". Mirror. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  4. ↑ Richard Smith (28 November 2009). "£45m lottery winner Les Scadding gives nothing to mother of children". Mirror. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  5. ↑ "Bristol lottery winner shares fortune with children". Bristol Post. 30 November 2009. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  6. ↑ "Millionaire Les Scadding takes over as Newport County chairman". BBC Sport. 23 August 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  7. ↑ Dewi Hughes (5 May 2013). "Wrexham 0 - 2 Newport County". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  8. ↑ "Curse of the lottery strikes again as huge win wrecks ANOTHER marriage: Couple who won £45.5m become third to split". Divorce Lifeline. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  9. ↑ [ http://www.itv.com/news/wales/story/2014-08-01/lottery-anniversary-meet-the-welsh-millionaires-club/ Welsh Millionaires Club]