Mark Goldbridge

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Mark Goldbridge
Personal information
Born
Brent Di Cesare

(1979-04-07) 7 April 1979 (age 45)
Nottingham, England [1]
Occupations
  • YouTube personality
  • presenter
  • police officer (former)
YouTube information
Channels
Years active2013–present
GenreAssociation football
Subscribers1.83 million (main channel)
3.59 million (combined) [note 1]
Total views1.26 billion (main channel)
1.75 billion (combined) [note 2]
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg100,000 subscribers2017 [2]
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg1,000,000 subscribers2021 [3]
Last updated: 21 March 2024

Brent Di Cesare (born 7 April 1979), known by his online pseudonym Mark Goldbridge, is an English YouTuber known for hosting The United Stand, a fan channel for the Premier League football club Manchester United.

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Personal life

Goldbridge was born Brent Di Cesare on 7 April 1979 [4] [5] in Nottingham and attended Toot Hill School in Bingham, Nottinghamshire. He lives in Solihull as of 2019.

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. [6]

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. [6] 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 April 2022, Goldbridge made his Talksport debut, presenting a late-night show. [12]

In September 2022, Goldbridge was invited to be one of the managers in the Sidemen charity match. [13] There were two teams in the charity match. [14] 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. [15] In total, they raised over £1,000,000 for their select charities. [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.

In November 2023, Goldbridge raised over £52,000 for the end-of-life charity Marie Curie. This was part of his yearly charity live stream which saw Goldbridge participate in a number of video games on YouTube for 24 hours. [18]

Notes

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

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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.
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  13. ↑ 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.
  14. ↑ 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.
  15. ↑ 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.
  16. ↑ 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.
  17. ↑ @UnitedStandMUFC (24 January 2023). "Dublin, Manchester, London, we're coming for you" (Tweet). Retrieved 12 May 2023– via Twitter.
  18. ↑ Jones, Sally (19 November 2023). "Mark Goldbridge raises £50,000 for cancer charity – Popculturizm" . Retrieved 11 February 2024.
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