Lottery millionaire builds a football ground in his garden to play with his mates

Wales Online ^ | 31 AUG 2017 | Tom Bedford

[Jolla]

Always thought a baseball field would be fun to have out back.

[Jolla]

The super-rich bachelor is blowing his fortune

Spent half on wild women and wild times...wasted the rest.

[Blue Jays]

"...soccer stadium..."

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It is actually pretty darn modest and the guy is just having a little bit of low-cost fun.

[morphing libertarian]

build it we will come

[grobdriver]

“play in goal”, “touchline”, “pitch”... those Brits sure talk funny...

[Fresh Wind]

Do you have a torch in your boot?

[Yo-Yo]

Ohmygosh, how many tens of pounds did he waste on that?

[nickcarraway]

In the boot of my lorry?

[smokingfrog]

What’s a jumper goalpost.

[lowbridge]

“But after a lottery lucky dip netted him £2,604,015 he’s living the life of a Premiership soccer star.

Matt flies around the world to cheer on his beloved Wales football team and his hero Gareth Bale .

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Despite his £600,000 luxury home and £100,000 BMW M6...”

Sounds like hes going to be broke within a few years.

[TADSLOS]

Unsustainable outflow.

[Blue Jays]

"...tens of pounds..."

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Exactly. A handful of friends could create that "stadium" in an afternoon and quit early to have beers and hamburgers.
If anything, the guy seems pretty darn modest modest.

[grobdriver]

In the boot of my lorry?

Does your lorry even have a boot?

[jjotto]

$3.4 million is a long way from being super-rich. A $750k house and its expenses, a $150k car and trips to watch Redskins games in America is only sustainable for maybe a year.

$3.4 million isn’t much more than retirement money.

[LibWhacker]

He better hold onto his postman’s job.

[ShasheMac]

I think he might have meant junipers.

[az_gila]

Ohmygosh, how many tens of pounds did he waste on that?

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Obviously not enough to the guy that does his grass. You think he could have at least put a new layer of turf down...:^)

[az_gila]

I think he might have meant junipers.

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No he did mean jumpers.

Standard UK stuff, a jumper is a sweater, so defining the goals with your top layers of clothing while you play is normal.

[2001convSVT]

Yes, it is unsustainable, so sad, if he were to manage his winning he could enjoy a high standard of living for the rest of his life (including attending all his favorite teams playing).

In five years he will need to ask for his old job back.