Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  E mōhio pai ana a John Carver e taea ana e te whakataetae Tyne-Wear te whakapakari, te pakaru rānei i tētahi kaiwhakahaere. Ko tana tuatahi i roto i te kaitiaki ko Ruud Gullit i te marama o Akuhata, 1999, i te po o te po i St James 'Park i waiho ai e te Dutchman a Alan Shearer me Duncan Ferguson me te utu mo tana kowhiringa me tana mahi i muri i te hinganga 2-1. Kei te whawhai a Carver inaianei ki te wikitoria i te tūranga kaiako matua i tua atu o te mutunga o tenei wa, a, e mohio ana ia he aha te paanga o te wikitoria <unk>, o te hinganga <unk> i te ahiahi o te Ratapu. Kei te harikoa a John Carver ki te whai waahi ki te whakahaere i tana karapu kaainga ki a Sunderland i te Ratapu. I whakatauhia e Gullit kia kaua e tīmata i ngā kaitākaro whetū a Duncan Ferguson rāua ko Alan Shearer i te tau 1999. Ko Carver te kaiawhina o te kaiwhakahaere o mua o Newcastle a Ruud Gullit i whakahaere i te karapu i waenga i te 1998 me te 1999. Ko ana maharatanga ki te hinganga o Gullit e whakamahara ana ki a ia i aua hua. 'I te papa whakangungu tawhito matou i Durham Cricket Club a kei roto ahau i te ruuma me Steve Clarke me Ruud,' ka mahara a Carver. 'Katoa, ka tīmata ia ki te kōrero mō te āhua o te kapa ki a Sunderland. Ka mea ahau, 'E pouri ana ahau, e Ruud, he aha tau i mea ai?'. 'I mea ia e haere ana ia ki te waiho Alan me Duncan. Ka mea ahau, 'E mōhio ana koe he aha te hira o tēnei kēmu?'. 'Ka mea ia, 'Kua tākaro ahau i roto i ētahi derby nui. Kua tākaro au i roto i a rātou i roto i te Netherlands me Rānana, ā, i tākaro hoki au i te whakataetae o Milan. 'Ka mea ahau, 'Ae, engari kaore koe i takaro i roto i tetahi penei i tenei Ruud.' 'Kātahi ka haere atu mātou i te rūma. I kitea e ia he mea tino nui ki a ia. 'I kōrero ahau i te mea he hihiri mō te hoariri i te kitenga o Alan rāua ko Duncan i runga i te tūru. Otiia kihai ia i āwangawanga i tetahi. I whakaaro ahau, 'Ki te kore mātou e wikitoria, kua kore ia.' Ka mea ahau ki a Steve, 'Kei te tuhi ia i tana whakarere i mua i te kēmu?'. Kāore i whai hua te mahi a Gullit, ā, i hinga a Newcastle ki a Sunderland ki St James' Park. I eke mātou ki te 1-0 engari i hurihia e rātau, kātahi ka tuwhera te rangi. He pō whakamataku.' I te ata i muri mai ka haere a Shearer ki te kite i a Gullit, ko Ferguson anake...
Kei te harikoa te kaiwhakahaere o Newcastle a John Carver ki te whai wāhi ki te whakahaere i tana karapu kāinga ki a Sunderland i te whakataetae Wear-Tyne Derby. Ko Carver tetahi o nga kaimahi whakangungu mo nga kaiwhakahaere o mua o Newcastle a Alan Pardew, Sir Bobby Robson me Ruud Gullit. Ko ia te kaiawhina o Gullit i te wa i patua ai a Newcastle 2-1 e Sunderland i muri i te tukinga o te Dutchman ki a Alan Shearer me Duncan Ferguson. Ka tohe a Carver kia kaua ia e mahi i ngā hapa ōrite ki tāna i mua i a ia.