Barawa

Barawa 2019-20 Away
Barawa 2019-20 Home

Stingz don’t like to keep things simple and it shows in these two great Barawa kits! The home is a riot of colours, bringing all the flair of the flag, and more, to the strip. The diagonal stripes fade out as they get further down the shirt and the colour change works surprisingly well, though it must clash with a lot of other colours! The away is much quieter, though the printed pattern across the whole shirt is no less lovely, looking plain at first but containing a breath-taking level of detail. The collar and cuffs give some needed accenting with colour and help make the shirt. Sponsors cover both shirts, disappointing but necessary at the CONIFA level, though they don’t dominate either design.

Barawa wore these designs for the qualification period for the 2020 CONIFA World Football Cup, though they were unsuccessful. Very few games were played, a loss to Ealing Town was followed up with another loss to Kernow (Cornwall) and that appears to have been that with the players focusing on their club seasons.

Barawa have never met with a huge amount of success, but were the hosts for the 2018 CONIFA WFC, where they reached the upper placement games, amidst some controversy. They’ve defeated the likes of the Chagos Islands and Tamil Eelam, starting off their tournament with a 4-0 win against the latter. A narrow 2-1 loss to the highly rated Cascadia put them into a must win game against Ellan Vannin (Isle of Man). An unexpected player switch proved the key in a 2-0 victoy and the Manx cried foul. Nonetheless, the Somali diaspora marched on but found themselves outclassed in 8-0, 5-0 and 7-0 losses.

They will no doubt remain active and attempt for 2022 WFC qualification, though the metrics for doing so are unknown.