 He scored 12 times in his first seven games for "Saints" and eventually totalled 33 goals for the season.However, the 1926 General Strike had severe financial ramifications for Scottish lower-league sides, and part way into the 1926-27 season Simpson left St Bernards for English non-league side Kettering Town.At Kettering, Simpson did well, and his break came, strangely, in a game for Kettering, playing against Crystal Palace in an FA Cup First Round tie, in 1928.