[8] Chola's exceptional skills were evident from an early age and he forged a sharp frontline with giant striker John 'Fuso' Lengwe, Lee Mulenga and player-coach Simon "Kaodi" Kaushi.

[9] In July of that same year, Blackpool captain John Botha was removed and suspended indefinitely for issuing disparaging press statements against Kaushi, and Chola was named the new skipper at the age of 19.

[13][citation needed] In 1976, Blackpool won a hard-fought 4-3 Independence Cup final win over town-mates Butondo Western Tigers at Dag Hammarskjöld Stadium in Ndola, with Chola creating two goals and scoring the winner.

They were still leading with 4 games to go, however were pipped to the title by Wanderers, who finished on top by a single point, when Blackpool lost all three cases which were before the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) disciplinary committee.

The second-place finish was still an achievement but it was evident Chola had been carrying the team for a long time and fans wondered how much longer he would stay at John Kachofa Stadium.

This prompted Chola to write a letter of appeal to the FAZ who ruled in his favour and paved the way for his move to Arthur Davies Stadium.

[20] He collected more silverware later that year when Dynamos beat Buffaloes 2–0 to win the Independence Cup, and ended the season as the club's top scorer.

In 1982, they won the Independence Cup for the third time in 4 years, but the league eluded them as they ended the season as runners-up to Kitwe rivals Nkana Red Devils.

In the final, Dynamos drew 0–0 with Camerounian giants Tonnere Yaonde FC and won 5–4 on post match penalties with goalkeeper Blackwell Chalwe saving the decisive spot-kick after a goalless 90 minutes.

[21] In July 1983, new Zambia national team coach Wieslaw Grabowski described Chola and his Dynamos teammate Kaumba as world class players with enough potential to play for any division I side in Europe.

Grabowski joined the legion of fans who admired Chola's bull juggling skills, but he noted that his teammates did not understand his crisp and timely passes.

The following year in August, Dynamos lost a BP Challenge Cup first round match to Division I side City of Lusaka 3–0, which led to coach Freddie Mwila being sidelined amid reports of dissension from the players who were unhappy with his attitude towards them.

He had a hand in Dynamos' first goal scored by Pearson Mwanza but tragedy struck when he was carried off the pitch with a fractured tibia of the left leg in the 28th minute after a late challenge by Warriors' Whiteson Changwe.

In November 1981, Chola was among 8 national team players who were injured when the bus in which they were travelling ploughed into a tree 15 km from Chingola, on their way from a practice match in Chililabombwe.

Despite sustained pressure in the second leg in Ndola, they could only manage a scoreless draw, with Chola missing a 55th-minute penalty, for which he came in for a lot of criticism from fans.

Chola put the disappointment behind him and later that year, starred as Zambia beat Egypt 1–0 in the first leg of an Olympic Games qualifier in Lusaka, with Peter Kaumba scoring a header off his free-kick.

In August 1985, Zambian coach Brightwell Banda, looking for some much needed creativity in midfield recalled Chola who was by that time player-coach at his club Power Dynamos for the two legged knockout qualifier against Nigeria.

He made 100 appearances (including 12 Olympics related matches) and scored 43 goals, making him one of Zambia's most capped players second only to Godfrey Chitalu in goalscoring.

In April 1983, Dynamos coach Freddie Mwila spoke of some 'first-choice' players coercing junior colleagues in a futile attempt to oust him from his position.

[31] In August 1985, Dynamos lost a BP Challenge Cup first round match to Division I side City of Lusaka 3-0 which upset Mwila who suggested a "change of coaches may bring some spark into the team because he may have been telling them the same old techniques".

[32][citation needed] Five years after leaving Dynamos, Mwila made a sensational return as coach amid reports of some players boycotting training upon hearing the news.

After negotiating their way past Mochudi Centre Chiefs of Botswana in the second round, Dynamos players pressed for higher allowances and boycotted a trip to Burundi which led to Management suspending the entire team for the rest of the season save for goalkeeper Martin Mwamba, defender Webby Chilufya and midfielder Aggrey Chiyangi.

Thirty people on board including Michael Mwape, the president of the FAZ, Chola, Chitalu and eighteen players died in the accident.