Conspiracies and babies in nightclubs - Arminia chase history

Residents of Bielefeld are sick of the internet joke that haunts their city.

The Bielefeld Conspiracy - referenced by everyone from politicians to social media influencers - proposes the city in North-Rhine-Westphalia doesn't actually exist, on the basis that nobody knows anyone who is from or has been there.

The same can no longer be said of the city's football club, Arminia Bielefeld.

After eliminating four Bundesliga clubs en route to a first DFB Pokal final in their history, the third division side will face top-flight VfB Stuttgart in the showpiece fixture at Berlin's Olympiastadion on 24 May.

Having knocked out last season's league and cup winners Bayer Leverkusen, supporters, club staff and the local media believe anything is possible.