Five angry men: picking the best Cork club football performers of the year

The inaugural Clancy's Laochra Chorcaí will take place on Sunday night.

JOB DONE: Looking at their football selections for the Irish Examiner/Clancys Cork GAA Footballer and Hurler of the Year in Clancys were Noel O'Leary, Colm O'Neill, Eoghan Cormican, John Hayes and Paddy Kelly. Picture: Howard Crowdy

In the end, the breakdown for the inaugural Clancy’s Cork club football team of the year came in at eight for champions Nemo Rangers, three for beaten finalists St Finbarr’s, two for Ballincollig, and one each for Castlehaven and Mallow.

It was a selection arrived at after much deliberation, a healthy dose of disagreement here and there, plenty of back and forth over the most contentious positions, and some further deliberation until the last of the disagreements and stalemates were resolved.