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SCRIPT: A miniture football pitch - in a cemetery. Reserved exclusively for supporters of Schalke, Germany's legendary football club which has trained the likes of Real Madrid star Mesut Özil. For 5,400 euros fans can have an eternal resting place barely a stone's throw from the club's training ground. Soundbite 1 Schalke-04 Supporter (German, 6 secs): ... more 

SCRIPT: A miniture football pitch - in a cemetery. Reserved exclusively for supporters of Schalke, Germany's legendary football club which has trained the likes of Real Madrid star Mesut Özil. For 5,400 euros fans can have an eternal resting place barely a stone's throw from the club's training ground. Soundbite 1 Schalke-04 Supporter (German, 6 secs): "It's great! Schalke lives beyond the grave! We've come to reserve our spots." (In German: "Das ist eine super sache. Schalke bis dem Tot hinaus. Und dann, hier hin gefahren und reserviert") 1,904 burials are planned - the same number as the year when the club was established, in 1904. But there will be no number 9, that's the number of Borussia Dortmund FC, Schalke's arch rival. And at this cemetery, every last detail has been catered for… Soundbite 2 , Ender Ulupinar, Project Manager of the Schalke Cemetary (German, 18 secs): "We wanted to emphasise our love of football which characterises us. We decided to put two goals in the middle, flags and plants in club colors, basically all the elements of the sport! That way, anyone who visits us won't be able to say that they are at Hertha Berlin!" (In German:"Wir haben blau weiss Zaune, wir haben Fanmeister blau weiss, die Bepflanzung ist blau less