Chịkọta isiokwu ahụ:  John Carver maara nke ọma na asọmpi Tyne-Wear nwere ike ime ma ọ bụ mebie onye njikwa. Oge mbụ ọ nọ n'ọgba bọọlụ bụ mgbe ọ bụ onye enyemaka Ruud Gullit n'ọnwa Ọgọstụ, afọ 1999, mgbe n'otu abalị mmiri gbara na St James' Park, onye Dutch ahụ hapụrụ Alan Shearer na Duncan Ferguson ma jiri ọrụ ya kwụọ ụgwọ maka nhọrọ ya mgbe mmeri 2-1 gasịrị. Carver na-alụ ọgụ ugbu a iji merie ọkwa onye isi nchịkwa gafere ngwụcha oge a ma mara mmetụta mmeri <unk> ma ọ bụ mmeri <unk> nwere ike inwe n'ehihie Sọnde. John Carver na-enwe obi ụtọ na ya nwere ohere ilekọta klọb obodo ya megide Sunderland na Sọnde. Gullit kpebiri n'ụzọ na-ese okwu ịghara ịmalite ndị egwuregwu kpakpando Duncan Ferguson na Alan Shearer na 1999. Carver bụ onye enyemaka onye bụbu onye nchịkwa Newcastle bụ Ruud Gullit bụ onye duziri klọb ahụ n'etiti 1998 na 1999. Ihe ndị ọ na-echeta banyere ọdịda Gullit na-echetara ya ihe ndị dị otú ahụ. 'Anyị nọ n'ogige ọzụzụ ochie na Durham Cricket Club ma mụ na Steve Clarke na Ruud nọ n'ime ụlọ,' ka Carver na-echeta. 'Na mberede, ọ malitere ikwu ihe ndị otu ga-abụ megide Sunderland. Agwara m ya, sị, 'Ewela iwe Ruud, gịnị ka i kwuru n'ebe ahụ? 'O kwuru na ya ga-ahapụ Alan na Duncan. Agwara m ya, sị, 'Ị̀ maara otú egwuregwu a dịruru mkpa? 'O kwuru, sị, 'Esowo m n'ụfọdụ nnukwu derbies. Ejirila m ha gbaa bọọlụ na Holland na London nakwa na Milan derby. 'M wee sị, 'Ee, ma ị na-adịghị egwuri egwu na otu onye dị ka nke a Ruud. 'Mgbe ahụ, anyị si n'ọnụ ụlọ ahụ pụọ. O yiri ka o kpebisiri ike na ọ bụ ihe ahụ ka ọ chọrọ ime. 'Ekwuru m na ọ bụ ihe mkpali nye ndị mmegide ịhụ Alan na Duncan na bench. Ma, o nweghị ihe na-echegbu ya. 'Echere m n'ezie, sị, 'Ọ bụrụ na anyị emerighị ya, ọ ga-apụ.' Agwara m Steve, 'Ọ̀ na-ede akwụkwọ ịgba arụkwaghịm ya tupu egwuregwu ahụ amalite? Nhọrọ Gullit emeghị ka Newcastle merie Sunderland 2-1 na St James' Park. 'Anyị na-aga n'ihu 1-0 mana ha tụgharịrị ya na mgbe ahụ eluigwe meghere. Ọ bụ abalị jọgburu onwe ya.' N'ụtụtụ echi ya, Shearer gara ịhụ Gullit, naanị Ferguson...
Onyeisi ndị Newcastle bụ John Carver na-enwe obi ụtọ na ya nwere ohere ilekọta klọb obodo ya megide Sunderland na Wear-Tyne Derby. Carver abụwo akụkụ nke ndị ọrụ nchịkwa maka ndị nchịkwa Newcastle gara aga Alan Pardew, Sir Bobby Robson na Ruud Gullit. Ọ bụ onye enyemaka Gullit mgbe Newcastle meriri Sunderland 2-1 mgbe onye Dutch ahụ meriri Alan Shearer na Duncan Ferguson. Carver kwusiri ike na ya agaghị emehie ihe dịka onye bu ya ụzọ.