Introduction
Brent Di Cesare (born 7 April 1979), better 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. 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.
Goldbridge was born on 7 April 1979. He is of Italian origin. He was born in Nottingham and lives in Solihull now.
YouTube career
Goldbridge has four YouTube channels: "The United Stand" which consists of Manchester United content, "Mark Goldbridge That's Football" which consists of general football content and watchalongs of non-Manchester United matches, "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.
Goldbridge started The United Stand in 2014 under the name "Soccer Box TV", providing videos on Premier League match predictions. He then switched his content to post-match reactions of Manchester United games. Later, Goldbridge started live streaming watchalongs of the matches. BBC Sport has described these as "an amateur online version of Sky Sports' Soccer Saturday".
In September 2022, Goldbridge was invited to be one of the managers in the Sidemen charity match. There were two teams in the charity match. 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. In total, they raised over £1,000,000 for their select charities. Goldbridge was applauded for injecting his own style of play into his team, which was coined as 'Goldbridge ball'.
In March 2023, Mark Goldbridge held his first ever live-shows with The United Stand. The shows took place in Dublin, Manchester and London.
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.
YouTube All Stars manager
As manager of YouTube All Stars.
| Year | Venue | Res. | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | The Valley (stadium) | L | 7-8 |
| 2023 | London Stadium | L | 5-8 |
talkSPORT
In April 2022, Goldbridge made his talkSPORT debut, presenting a late-night show.