Colin Corkery

Colin Corkery (born 5 January 1971 ) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for his local club Nemo Rangers and at senior level for the Cork county team from 1993 until 2004.

Corkery played his club football with the Nemo Rangers club on the south side of Cork city, with whom he has had a number of successes.

Corkery first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the Cork minor football team in the late 1980s.

He was a non-playing substitute in 1988 as Cork were defeated by Kerry in the Munster final.

He first came to prominence as a player on the club's minor team that captured the Cork Minor Football Championship title in 1989.

Corkery subsequently joined the Nemo Rangers senior team.

Corkery joined the starting fifteen in 1989, however, Cork suffered the same fate in the provincial decider.

That same year Corkery was also a member of the Cork under-21 football team.

He missed out on the team's Munster Under-21 Championship final victory, however, he came on as a substitute in the subsequent All-Ireland final.

He secured a county championship winners' medal in this grade in 1993, following a nine-point defeat of near rivals St. Finbarr's.

Nemo later represented Cork in the provincial club championship and even reached the final of that competition.

A 1–17 to 0–4 drubbing of Kilmurray Ibrickane gave Corkery a Munster club winners' medal.

He later lined out in his first All-Ireland club final, with Mayo's Castlebar Mitchels providing the opposition.

A goal after just ten seconds helped Nemo to eventually secure a 3–11 to 0–8 victory.

With that Corkery collected an All-Ireland club winners' medal.

By this stage Kavanagh had also joined the Nemo Rangers senior team.

He secured a county championship winners' medal in this grade in 2000, following a ten-point defeat of divisional side Carbery.

Nemo later represented Cork in the provincial club championship and even reached the final of that competition.

A 0–11 to 0–7 defeat of Glenflesk gave Kavanagh a Munster club winners' medal.

He later lined out in the foot-and-mouth delayed All-Ireland club final, with Mayo's Crossmolina providing the opposition.

Nemo looked to be in the driving seat, however, a second-half comeback, inspired by Ciarán McDonald, saw the momentum switch to the Mayo side.

A late Colin Corkery goal narrowed the deficit to one point, however, Nemo were eventually and narrowly defeated by 0–16 to 1–12.

Corkery secured a second county championship winners' medal in 2000, following a ten-point defeat of divisional side Carbery.

Nemo later reached the final of the provincial club championship.

An 0–11 to 0–7 defeat of Glenflesk gave Corkery a second Munster club winners' medal.

He later lined out in the foot-and-mouth delayed All-Ireland club final, with Mayo's Crossmolina providing the opposition.

Nemo looked to be in the driving seat, however, a second-half comeback, inspired by Ciarán McDonald, saw the momentum switch to the Mayo side.

A late goal by Corkery narrowed the deficit to one point, however, Nemo were eventually and narrowly defeated by 0–16 to 1–12.

In 2001 Corkery secured a third county championship title as Nemo Rangers trounced Bantry Blues in the final.

A third Munster club winners' medal was quickly captured, after a 1–11 to 0–10 defeat of Fethard.

Corkery subsequently lined out in his second All-Ireland club final, this time with Ballinderry providing the opposition.

The championship decider was switched to Semple Stadium because of the reconstruction of Croke Park, however, a change of venue did not suit Nemo.

Goals by Gerard Cassidy and Declan Bateson gave the Derry side a 2–10 to 0–9 victory.

It was a second consecutive All-Ireland defeat for Nemo.

2002 saw Nemo becoming the first team in nearly sixty years to win three county championship titles in-a-row.

A third consecutive Munster club title quickly followed for Corkery, as Nemo trounced Monaleen of Limerick by 4–15 to 0–6.

For the third successive year Corkery subsequently lined out in the All-Ireland club final, however, Nemo faced the prospect of becoming three-in-a-row losers.

Crossmolina provided the opposition for the second time in three years and the game was a close affair.

Corkery scored six points to give Nemo a 0–14 to 1–9 victory.

At the third time of asking Corkery had finally captured a second All-Ireland club winners' medal.