Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An haifi McCarrick a Liverpool. Lokacin da ya bar makaranta a shekarar 1985 ya koma West Bromwich Albion a matsayin mai koyon aiki amma bai taba sanya hannu kan takardun kwararru tare da kungiyar ba. Ya buga wasa a kasashen waje kafin ya sanya hannu a Witton Albion a 1982, kuma ya zama kwararre tare da Birmingham City a watan Mayu 1983. McCarrick ya fara bugawa kulob din ne a ranar 6 ga Satumba 1983 a matsayin wanda ya maye gurbin Tony Rees a wasan da suka ci Stoke City da ci 1-0. Ya buga wasa a kai a kai a rabi na biyu na kakar 1983/84, amma John Barnes ya fallasa rashin saurinsa a wasan kusa da na karshe na gasar cin kofin FA da Watford, kuma an ba shi izinin barin kungiyar Lincoln City a watan Yulin 1984 don biyan £ 4,000. Ya buga wasanni 53 a duk gasa don Lincoln, wanda 44 ya zo a cikin Division na Uku. A watan Mayun 1985 ya kasance memba na kungiyar Lincoln City da ke wasa da Bradford City a Valley Parade lokacin da wani dakatarwa ya kama wuta
kuma an kashe 'yan kallo 56. Daga watan Fabrairun 1986 ya buga wa Crewe Alexandra wasa ba tare da kwangila ba, sannan a Finland tare da Koparit kuma a wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ba tare da Runcorn ba, kafin Tranmere Rovers ta dawo da shi zuwa Football League don kuɗin £ 5,000.