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Fans of FC Magdeburg clearly have a sense of humour. Back in 2012 when their team was lying bottom of the fourth tier of German football and had gone five successive games without scoring, supporters gathered behind the goal with a banner saying Don't worry, we'll show you where the goal is" and hundreds of large luminous arrows all pointing to the back of the net.