 Fitchie left Arsenal in mid-1906 back to his native Scotland, and played for Queen's Park for two years.He also spent some time in Southern England during this period, occasionally appearing for Norwich City and Brighton & Hove Albion.He returned to Woolwich Arsenal in 1908, and he played another full season (1908–09) there; he scored 10 goals (9 in the league, one in the cup) in twenty-one games, making him Arsenal's top scorer; that season they finished sixth in the First Division, which would remain their highest-finishing position until 1925–26.