Clarendon Football Association president Michael Ricketts is the new chairman of the South Central Confederation after incumbent Dale Spencer was not nominated at the annual voting congress at the St Elizabeth High School yesterday.

Spencer, a former president of Manchester and current first vice-president of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), was surprisingly not nominated by Manchester.

The South Central confederation consists of St Catherine, Clarendon, Manchester and St Elizabeth.

Dalton Wint, who took over from Spencer after he resigned in 2009 as Manchester president, told the Jamaica Observer that Spencer’s indecisiveness cost him.

“He had shown no interest in running back and so Manchester before he had changed his mind, had discussed the matter at the Confed level and thought it was fit to ask Mr Ricketts based on his track record to come back and serve us,” said Wint.

“At first he (Spencer) wasn’t interested but he had a change of mind, but the train was in motion already so we decided not to upset the applecart,” Wint added.

“At first he (Spencer) wasn’t interested but he had a change of mind, but the train was in motion already so we decided not to upset the applecart,” Wint added.

Efforts to contact outgoing chairman Spencer yesterday proved futile as calls to his cellular phone went unanswered.

Meanwhile, Ricketts who served as chairman previously, said indicators were suggesting that Spencer support was waning in the Confederation.

“St Catherine seem to have a long-standing issue with him that seemed to be unresolved. Manchester his own parish seems to have issues and Clarendon would not have voted for Dale once I am contesting. So it was down to St Elizabeth and they did not indicate a willingness to nominate him,” revealed Ricketts.

“But I would like to use this opportunity to thank him because he would have made a difference in the Confed. Volunteerism is scarce right now and all of us in football are really volunteers,” he added.

Spencer, who is second in command to JFF president Captain Horace Burrell and who acted for the suspended boss last year, could be faced with another challenge as his position in the JFF may become untenable as he is not a sitting president of a parish association.

Wint was returned unopposed at general secretary of the Confed, while Ricardo Valentine retained his post as treasurer, also without a challenge.