[3] Roan were not prepared to release the duo and warned that if Simutowe was admitted to the Broken Hill Railways (Warriors' sponsors) School as a trainee, he would either travel to Luanshya for NFL fixtures or 'watch the game from the touchline.'
The announcement that he had won stunned the young midfielder who disclosed that he never imagined he would win the award, and that he had learned from his mistakes in the past so he had stopped making trouble on the advice of soccer fans and officials who advised him against wrecking a promising career.
He then changed his mind and decided to join Division II side Zambia Air Force (now Red Arrows) although it was not a straightforward move as Warriors demanded a transfer fee of K8,000, which was double the record fee of K4,000 which Rhokana United had paid Mufulira Wanderers for Bernard Chanda the previous season.
As Arrows did not believe in paying a transfer fee for a player who wanted to leave, this wrangle would keep Simutowe out of action until August when it was resolved and in the meantime, he played for and coached amateur side Buseko FC.
It was during this time that he came across goalkeeper Ghost Mulenga, striker Peter Kaira, defender Sales Mwangula and winger System Chilongo whom he later took to Arrows when his move was finalised, which turned out to be a free transfer.
At times, he would pull down the opposing goalkeeper's shorts during a corner enabling his team to score, and he would also con unsuspecting defenders into believing the referee had blown the whistle and the poor opponent would pick up the ball in the box only to give away a penalty.
[1] Nicknamed "Chitapochimo" (meaning 'do something') and "Fu Manchu" after the wise emperor in the early seventies movie The Castle of Fu Manchu, Simutowe continued his top drawer performances, and once scored 9 goals when Arrows beat FAZ Division II side Luanshya United 16–0 in a cup match in 1976.
He made his full international debut against Tanzania in a friendly in Dar es Salaam and he scored Zambia's first goal in a 2–2 draw.
Upon their return, he left camp without permission and was consequently dropped from the squad and suspended from all football related activities for three months.
[8] As a consequence, he missed Zambia's trip to CAN 1978 in Ghana though he was fortunate to have his suspension lifted and he returned to the national team in June though he got a red card on his comeback, a 0–0 draw with Malawi in Lusaka.
In 1986, Arrows went on a poor run and at the half-way stage, were rooted to the bottom of the 12 team table with 7 points from 11 matches, a situation which saw their fans riot in protest.
The team's executive acted swiftly by appointing Patrick Phiri as player-coach, replacing Simutowe who was transferred to Livingstone by the Air Force but as fate would have it, the newly promoted Super Division Profund Warriors asked for his services so he quit the Air force and took over the reins at Profund.
When Zambia struggled to defeat Mauritius 2–1 in a CAN qualifier, Figge surprisingly resigned and simply said he was a professional who did not want to be associated with 'suspicious activities' in camp.
The duo were however dismissed when Zambia failed to beat Madagascar in a World Cup qualifier in December 1992 so he was not with the team that perished in the Gabon Air Disaster of April 1993.