An 83-year-old woman who has supported Leeds United for more than 60 years has set her sights on a return to Elland Road after winning £125,000 on the Postcode Lottery.

Pauline Place had to give up her season ticket 12 years ago and now dreams of getting a new one with her daughter after claiming the windfall when postcode WF6 2ST was named as this week’s Millionaire Street draw.

She shared the £1m jackpot with seven of her Altofts neighbours, while nearby Wakefield Hospital has also got a £75,000 cash injection thanks to Postcode Lottery.

Upon learning of her win, Pauline only had one objective on her mind.

She said: “I started supporting Leeds United in 1964. I changed jobs and started going to games with the people I worked with.

“Getting a Leeds United season ticket for me and my daughter would mean everything to me.

“It’s been 12 years since I last had one. It would be brilliant to get one again. We’ve got a membership and go in a ballot to get tickets, but we’ve not been quite as lucky this season."

Pauline Place (right) with her daughter Joanne Mercer. | Postcode Lottery

placeholder image — Pauline Place (right) with her daughter Joanne Mercer. | Postcode Lottery

Pauline, who has three children, five grandchildren and a new great granddaughter – said she will also treat her family with the money.

She said: “We’ll definitely all go out for a meal and might have a holiday as well. We like Spain and go there quite a bit. It’s far enough to travel. I like Nerja. I’ll take all the family…if they’ll come with me!”

Among the other winners on the cul-de-sac in Altofts was Jade Williams, 40, and her wife Ruth, 38.

The pair work opposite shifts at the local hospital while juggling raising their two daughters, agd seven and three.

Jade Williams, 40, and wife Ruth, 38, managed to get time off together for the prize reveal and whooped with joy when their tax-free £125,000 windfall was unveiled. | Postcode Lottery

They said the win was a reward for the hard work they have put in caring for other people.

Delighted ticket holder Jade, a clinical nurse specialist in a stroke unit, said: “It feels like we give so much to our jobs; it’s a 24/7, really demanding job. This feels like it is a reward back to us for looking after acutely ill people.”

Ruth, an orthopaedics ward manager, added: “The job is rewarding and fulfilling, and this is too – but in a completely different way.”

Yorkshire appears to be on something of a lucky run with the Postcode Lottery at the moment, with this being the fifth time in as many weeks the region has won big.

Last week two people won £377,224 each after BD20 6JL landed the £1m pot in Keighley, while the rest of the £1m pot was shared by 659 players in the wider BD20 6 sector.

Last month, 20 neighbours in the tiny village of Birdsedge – 17 miles away – shared the same £1m prize, while two neighbours in Bridlington shared £750,000 in the monthly draw.

Also in October, one player bagged £378,272 after HG3 4AP won the Millionaire Street prize in Dacre, near Harrogate. Eighty eight others split the remainder of the £1m pot in the wider HG3 4 sector.