Les Scadding

Les Scadding (born 1955 / 1956) is an English former mechanic who acquired media attention as the winner of UK£45.5million (equivalent to £million in ) on the EuroMillions lottery in 2009. Following his win, he invested a portion of the money in becoming the major shareholder of Newport County A.F.C. and acted as the club's chairman between 2012 and 2015.

Biography

Born in Bristol, Scadding married his first wife, Rose-Marie, in 1982 / 1983; they were married for 27 years, and had two daughters and a son together, before divorcing in 2000. Scadding had been unemployed for a year before buying the winning ticket, Scadding and his second wife separated in 2013.

Television In August 2014, marking the 20th anniversary of the National Lottery being introduced in the United Kingdom, Scadding was the presenter on The Welsh Millionaires Club, a four-part TV series for ITV Cymru Wales.

Newport County

In August 2012, Scadding succeeded Chris Blight as the chairman of Newport County A.F.C., a club in the lowest of the five nationwide professional football divisions in England, shortly after accepting an offer to join their board of directors. Just over eight months after he took the position, under manager Justin Edinburgh, 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.

On 18 June 2015, Scadding resigned his positions as both the chairman and a director at Newport County. It was later reported that Scadding wished to spend more time at his holiday home in Barbados. On 1 October 2015 Newport County Supporters' Trust took over ownership of the club.