 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Gill akasaina chibvumirano chemakore maviri nehafu muna January 2001. Sezvo atora chikamu mumitambo mizhinji muBirminghams League Cup run, akasiiwa kubva kunhanho yekutanga yemasemi-fainari kuIpswich Town achitsigira mutambi wechikwereti Steve Jenkins. Apo Jenkins akadzokera kukirabhu yake, Gary Rowett akati Gill aifanira kupiwa kutamba kwemitambo muboka rekutanga reBirmingham, zvichiratidza kuti kana pane chimwe chinhu, iye akanaka kwazvo. Haanyanyi kunyunyuta uye zviri nyore kuti vanhu vasakucherechedza. Zvichida kudai aizogomera zvishoma aizotanga! Akakumbirwa kumashure kwechikamu chechipiri, akaburitsa kuita kwakanakisa, achigadzira mutsetse wechinangwa kubva kumusoro uyo ungadai wakasiya Birmingham zvibodzwa zviviri zvakatsauka dai zvaive zvayambuka mutsetse. Asi pakasvika mugumo, maneja Francis akakundikana kuwana nzvimbo yeGill kunyangwe pakati pevanotsiva, vachisarudza Eaden naMcCarthy, vachiita kutanga kwake kwechipiri chete mushure mekupora kubva pagumbo rakatyoka, mune gumi nerimwe rekutanga naDavid Holdsworth, mudziviriri asina kuwanikwa kubva munaNovember apfuura nekuda kwekurwara kwakakomba, pabhenji. Gill akaodzwa mwoyo nechisarudzo ichi, achichirondedzera sekuodzwa mwoyo kukuru kwoupenyu hwake hwose. 