Mark Goldbridge
Personal information
Born
Brent Di Cesare

(1979-04-07) 7 April 1979 (age 44)
Nottingham, England[1]
Occupations
  • YouTube personality
  • presenter
  • police officer (former)
YouTube information
Channels
Years active2013–present
GenreAssociation football
Subscribers1.73 million (main channel)
2.75 million (combined)[note 1]
100,000 subscribers2017[2]
1,000,000 subscribers2021[3]
Last updated: 10 September 2023

Brent Di Cesare (born 7 April 1979), known by his online alias Mark Goldbridge, is an English YouTuber and radio presenter, best known for his videos and livestreams on the Manchester United-based fan channel The United Stand.

Personal life

Goldbridge's real name is Brent Di Cesare.[4] He has stated that he created the alias when he started his YouTube career. This alias was used at the request of his employers during his job as a police officer investigating financial fraud.[5]

Goldbridge was born on 7 April 1979[6] in Nottingham and lives in Solihull as of 2019.[5]

YouTube career

Goldbridge has four YouTube channels: "The United Stand" which consists of Manchester United content,[7] "That's Football" which consists of general football content and watchalongs of non-Manchester United matches,[8] "Mark Goldbridge That's Entertainment" which consists of clips from his recent livestreams, and "Mark Goldbridge" which includes more personal content such as cooking, vlogging and general chit-chats.[9]

Goldbridge started The United Stand in 2014 under the name "Soccer Box TV",[10] providing videos on Premier League match predictions. He then switched his content to post-match reactions of Manchester United games.[5] Later, Goldbridge started live streaming watchalongs of the matches. BBC Sport has described these as "an amateur online version of Sky Sports' Soccer Saturday".[11]

In September 2022, Goldbridge was invited to be one of the managers in the Sidemen charity match.[12] There were two teams in the charity match.[13] Sidemen FC which included the Sidemen and a few select influencers, including MrBeast and LazarBeam. The other team was the YouTube All Stars which included social media influencers such as IShowSpeed and Noah Beck. Goldbridge managed the YouTube All Stars, who lost 8–7 to Sidemen FC.[14] In total, they raised over £1,000,000 for their select charities.[15] Goldbridge was applauded for injecting his own style of play into his team, which was coined as 'Goldbridge ball'.[16]

In March 2023, Mark Goldbridge held his first ever live-shows with The United Stand. The shows took place in Dublin, Manchester and London.[17]

In September 2023, Goldbridge was back for the Sidemen Charity Match as manager of YouTube All Stars, where they raised over £2,400,000 in just two hours. The Sidemen won the match, beating the YouTube All Stars 8–5. Miniminter, W2S and Behzinga were all on the score sheet for Sidemen FC, while ChrisMD, Max Fosh and Niko Omilana were on target for the All-Stars. Goldbridge received praise for his managerial skills, especially for his rousing half-time team talk.[18]

YouTube All Stars manager

As manager of YouTube All Stars.

Year Venue Res. Score
2022 The Valley L 7-8
2023 London Stadium L 5-8

talkSPORT

In April 2022, Goldbridge made his Talksport debut, presenting a late-night show.[19]

Notes

  1. ^ Includes his other 3 channels: "That's Football", "Mark Goldbridge That's Entertainment!" and "Mark Goldbridge".

References

  1. ^ @markgoldbridge (15 December 2018). "Goldbridge supports Forest= Born in Nottingham" (Tweet). Retrieved 29 April 2021 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "Home". The United Stand. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Thank You from The United Stand". The United Stand. 4 March 2021. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Man United fan presenter Mark Goldbridge reveals his real name and leaves True Geordie jaw dropped". SPORTbible. 12 October 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  5. ^ a b c "Mark Goldbridge: meet the Alan Partridge of Manchester United YouTube – "I take it as a compliment...just be who you are"". FourFourTwo. Future plc. 13 September 2019. Archived from the original on 4 November 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Brent DI CESARE". Companies House. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  7. ^ "The United Stand". YouTube. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Mark Goldbridge That's Football". YouTube. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  9. ^ "Mark Goldbridge". YouTube. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  10. ^ "Mark Goldbridge". The United Stand. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  11. ^ Dawkes, Phil (9 November 2020). "Who needs Soccer Saturday? The fans putting it all out there on YouTube". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 14 January 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  12. ^ Sidemen [@Sidemen] (20 September 2022). "The charity match requires some tactical masterplans and they'll be provided by the team managers. We're happy to welcome Mark Goldbridge and Billy Wingrove to the teams! https://t.co/o4DKDuZc19" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023 – via Twitter.
  13. ^ Sidemen [@Sidemen] (22 September 2022). "The official squads for the charity match 2022 ⬇️ https://t.co/lHKN3y4PV2" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 15 March 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023 – via Twitter.
  14. ^ Sidemen [@Sidemen] (24 September 2022). "SIDEMEN Charity Match 2022 (Goals & Highlights) - Out NOW! https://t.co/yRJMZwIndG" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023 – via Twitter.
  15. ^ Sidemen [@Sidemen] (24 September 2022). "Thank you so much to everyone who made this day so special and helped to raise over £1,000,000 for our incredible chosen charities. Unfortunately however due to a small minority attempting to break into the stadium, we were forced to lock the gates meaning a number of [1/2]" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 24 September 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2023 – via Twitter.
  16. ^ "'Goldbridge ball' was in full flow during charity match against Sidemen FC, it was liquid football". SPORTbible. 25 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  17. ^ "https://twitter.com/UnitedStandMUFC/status/1617939557747683329". Twitter. Retrieved 12 May 2023. ((cite web)): External link in |title= (help)
  18. ^ "Mark Goldbridge's rousing team talk at the Sidemen Charity Match has fans comparing him to Pep Guardiola". SPORTbible. 10 September 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  19. ^ Singh, Aryan (14 May 2022). "The reason why Mark Goldbridge joining hands with Talksport is surprising". Thick Accent. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
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