Les Scadding

Les Scadding
Born Bristol, England
Residence Newport, Wales & Barbados
Nationality English
Years active 2014
Known for Owner, Newport County A.F.C. (2012-2015)
Television The Welsh Millionaires Club
Spouse(s) Rose-Marie (????-????)
Samantha Peachey (????-2013)
Children 3+

Les Scadding is an English EuroMillions lottery winner, who won £45.5M alongside his then wife Samantha in 2009, some of which he invested in becoming the owner of Newport County A.F.C.

Biography

Born in Bristol, Scadding and his first wife Rose-Marie had three children. At the time of his lottery win, Scadding had for some time been resident in Newport, Wales, where he lived with his second wife and co-lottery winner, Samantha Peachey-Scadding.[1] Scadding had been unemployed for a year before buying the winning ticket, and had beaten testicular cancer five years earlier.[2]

In June 2009, Scadding and his wife won £45.5M on EuroMillions. At that time Scadding was 53 and Samantha aged 38. Scadding gave each of his three children from his first marriage an undisclosed seven-figure sum, but did not share any with their mother.[3][4][5]

In December 2013, it was reported that Les and Samantha had got divorced.[6]

In August 2014 Scadding presented a four part TV series for ITV featuring Welsh lottery winners. The series was tilted "The Welsh Millionaires Club"[7]

Newport County

Main article: Newport County A.F.C.

In August 2012, Scadding succeeded Chris Blight as Chairman of Newport County A.F.C., shortly after accepting an offer to join their board of directors.[8] 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.[9]

On 18 June 2015 Scadding resigned as Chairman and as a Director of Newport County.[10] It was later reported that Scadding wished to spend more time at his holiday home in Barbados.[11]

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. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ Welsh Millionaires Club
  8. ↑ "Millionaire Les Scadding takes over as Newport County chairman". BBC Sport. 23 August 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  9. ↑ Dewi Hughes (5 May 2013). "Wrexham 0 - 2 Newport County". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  10. ↑ Scadding resigns
  11. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33528401
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