A former Wolverhampton Wanderers trainee, he enjoyed a successful loan spell to Port Vale in 2005, having signed a professional contract at Wolves the previous year.
He left the club in October 2021 and was appointed Bewdley Town manager in January 2022 before taking charge of Worcester City ten months later.
Cornes attended Pershore High School,[3] before beginning his career as a trainee with Championship club Wolverhampton Wanderers, turning professional in July 2004.
[13] The club were relegated at the end of the 2007–08 campaign, and Cornes decided to leave when new manager Rod Brown took charge in October 2008.
[14] Later that month he joined Stourport Swifts in the Southern League Division One Central, along with his former Bromsgrove manager Duane Darby.
"[23] Cornes, alongside Karl Gormley, co-managed Worcester Raiders to promotion as champions of the West Midlands (Regional) League Division One in the 2018–19 season.
[24] On 12 January 2022, Cornes was announced as the new manager of Midland League Premier Division club Bewdley Town, who were then bottom of the table.
[26] Cornes was arrested in May 2015 for possession of class A drugs with intent to supply and money laundering after £40,000 of high-purity cocaine and "a substantial amount of cash" was found in the back of a car in Worcester.