Barry Corr

Barry Corr (born 2 April 1985) is an Irish former professional football striker and currently development coach at Cambridge United and player/manager of St Neots Town.

For the Scottish footballer, see Barry John Corr.

Barry Corr
Personal information
Full name Barry Corr[1]
Date of birth (1985-04-02) 2 April 1985[1]
Place of birth Newcastle, County Wicklow, Ireland
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Cambridge United (development coach)
Youth career
–2002 St. Anthony's Kilcoole F.C.
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2005 Leeds United 0 (0)
2005–2007 Sheffield Wednesday 17 (0)
2006 → Bristol City (loan) 3 (0)
2007 → Swindon Town (loan) 8 (3)
2007–2009 Swindon Town 28 (7)
2009–2010 Exeter City 34 (3)
2010–2015 Southend United 155 (50)
2015–2017 Cambridge United 29 (14)
2018–2019 Cambridge United 19 (5)
2020- St Neots Town 2 (1)
Teams managed
2020– St Neots Town
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Early career

Corr started his career at St. Anthony's, Kilcoole before moving to Leeds United, and then on to Sheffield Wednesday. At Wednesday he spent loan spells with Bristol City and Swindon Town.[2] He signed for Swindon on a permanent basis at the start of the 2007–08 season, later moving to Exeter City in July 2009. He left the club at the end of the season.[3]

Southend United

Corr signed for Southend United on 9 July 2010 along with Peter Gilbert, both of whom had played previously for Southend's manager Paul Sturrock at Sheffield Wednesday.[4] From 47 appearances he netted 21 goals for the Shrimpers, making him the club's highest scorer that season.[5] He missed the whole of the 2011–12 season due to an ongoing knee injury,[6] and returned on 22 September 2012 to score against former club Exeter. He spent most of the 2012–13 season as a substitute, but became a mainstay of the team the following season[7] as Sturrock was replaced by Phil Brown. Corr signed a new two-year deal with Southend at the end of the season,[8] and made his 150th appearance for the Blues on 27 September 2014 against Shrewsbury Town.[9]

Cambridge United

Corr signed a two-year deal with Cambridge United on 2 June 2015.[10] He made his debut for the U's on the opening day of the 2015-16 season, scoring twice in a 3-0 victory over Newport County. His campaign was cut short in January 2016 as he had to undergo knee surgery,[11] and he was released when his contract expired in June 2017.[12] He continued to train with the club after his release, and on 12 January 2018 he signed on non-contract terms until the end of the month,[13] later extended until the end of the season.

On 7 June 2018 Corr signed a new six-month deal with Cambridge United,[14] but the spell was disrupted by injury and he left the club when it expired.[15]

Coaching career

At the end of the 2018-19 season, Corr retired from football and on 9 July 2019 Cambridge United announced, that they had hired Corr as a development coach.[16]

On 6 January 2020, Corr was appointed manager of St Neots Town as part of a new strategic collaboration between both clubs.[17]

Honours

Southend United

References
  1. Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2009). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10. Mainstream Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0.
  2. Scurr, Andrew (March 2007). "Corr switches to Swindon". Sky Sports. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
    Judd, Nick (March 2007). "Corr relishing Swindon chance". Sky Sports. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  3. "Exeter City release nine players". BBC Sport. 14 May 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  4. Phillips, Chris (9 July 2010). "Paul Sturrock delight at signing duo for Southend United". Southend Echo. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  5. "Games played by Barry Corr in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  6. "Barry Corr setback in Southend United return". BBC Sport. 23 November 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  7. "B. Corr". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  8. "Brown's delight at Corr's new deal". Southend United F.C. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  9. Beard, Gary (27 September 2014). "Southend 1 Shrewsbury 0" (PDF). Shrimpers Trust. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  10. "Barry Corr: Cambridge United sign Southend United striker". BBC Sport. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  11. "Barry Corr: Cambridge United striker out for the season". BBC Sport. 29 January 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  12. "Cambridge United release Barry Corr at the end of his contract". Cambridge United F.C. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  13. "Barry Corr rejoins Cambridge United on a short-term deal". Cambridge United F.C. 13 January 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  14. "Barry Corr will return!". Cambridge United F.C. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  15. Georgeson, Andrew (2 January 2019). "Barry Corr has left Cambridge United". Cambridge News. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  16. BARRY CORR APPOINTED AS DEVELOPMENT COACH, cambridge-united.co.uk, 9 July 2019
  17. https://www.cambridge-united.co.uk/news/2020/january/barry-corr-st-neots/
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