Inside the rise of Mark Goldbridge from humble police job to £7.5MILLION net worth and working alongside Man Utd legends

MARK GOLDBRIDGE has netted himself his biggest break yet as he was announced as one of the hosts of a brand new show with Disney+. He will co-present Stick to United with Wayne Rooney as part of a new deal the streaming giant has struck with Gary Neville‘s content brand The Overlap. Mark Goldbridge has enjoyed a meteoric rise to stardom over the past decade Credit: Getty The content creator has turned his passion project into a multi-million-pound brand Credit: Social Media – Refer to Source Goldbridge and Rooney will provide analysis and discuss the big talking points surrounding Manchester United as they look to cement themselves back at the top of the English game under Michael Carrick. The massive deal, which is set to produce 50 episodes of the new show throughout the season, is just the latest step in the incredible rise of the content creator. Sign up for the Man United newsletter Thank you! Goldbridge, real name Brent Di Cesare, originally hails from Nottingham, and worked for West Midlands police as an anti-fraud detective. He founded a YouTube channel called Soccer Box TV in 2014, focusing on producing Premier League content. That channel evolved to focus on United specifically in the form of The United Stand, though the sensitive nature of his job as a detective forced Di Cesare to pick out a different name for his YouTube aspirations. He settled on Mark Goldbridge, which he insists there is no particular reason for that name and he simply came up with it on the spot. He began to build a following making watch-along content on the channel as he kept tabs on his beloved side. His frequent energetic and entertaining outbursts – particularly when United were not doing well – quickly built him a following across social media, and YouTube in particular. Most read in Sport CASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITS Goldbridge, real name Brent Di Cesare, is a former West Midlands Police detective Credit: Instagram @markgoldbridge His successes saw him branch out his content beyond watch-alongs and into other areas, including a successful gaming series where he brought his famous meltdowns to EA football game Fifa. He built up enough of a following to launch a number of spin-off YouTube channels, where he and his collaborators expanded beyond United content alone. ‘That’s Football‘ sees Goldbridge and Co watch and discuss non-United matches, particularly in the Premier League and Champions League. Meanwhile his ‘United Stand XTRA’ and ‘Mark Goldbridge’ channels provide further coverage of his streaming and ‘In Real Life‘ content. He founded his first YouTube channel in 2014 Credit: Not known, clear with picture desk The pages exploded and provided him opportunities such as interviewing United players Credit: YouTube / The United Stand His YouTube platforms alone have garnered well over TWO BILLION views since he started, on top of a major presence on other social media sites. All that attention helped him to bizarrely secure the rights to broadcast Bundesliga games in the UK last season. He has also presented his own evening talkSPORT show outside of his social media duties. And he struck a first real big-money deal earlier this year with Gary Neville‘s media brand The Overlap. Play Dream Team this season! £100,000 in prize money up for grabs in 2026/27 Free to enter Play in Mini Leagues against your mates £60,000 jackpot for the overall winner £1,000 prize for winning Gameweek 1 PLAY DREAM TEAM NOW! He has also branched out to talkSPORT Credit: TALKSPORT He sold two of his channels, The United Stand and That’s Football, to the entity in a deal reported to be worth over £1million. That massive agreement significantly boosted his already impressive net worth. Just 12 years after starting his first YouTube channel, the Mail revealed in April that the 47-year-old had assets worth a total of £7.5m. And that number is surely set to rise as he takes up his new dream role as a co-host alongside United legend Rooney with The Overlap. He is now set to co-host a new Disney+ series alongside Wayne Rooney Credit: Youtube / Stick To United The pair met up ahead of the new show, which will run for 50 episodes Credit: Youtube / Stick To United It was clearly a special moment for the lifelong fan, who wrote on X: “Rooney to The United Stand Here We Go! “Massive thanks to the community who have been with us all the way. Couldn’t have done it without you.” The new show will be available to Disney+ subscribers and also be uploaded to YouTube for free. It will debut on August 18th, with fireworks promised as two big personalities meet on the small screen. That agreement comes after fellow streaming giant Netflix signed Gary Lineker‘s Rest is Football brand, creating a special World Cup show that ran throughout the tournament earlier this summer. Comment now