The great soccer pitch in the sky

The club in the northern German city of Hamburg is building a graveyard in the shape of a football stand, which will have space for between 300 and 500 graves. The soccer club say the cemetery will fulfil the last wishes of many fans who have asked in the past to be buried under the penalty spot, or have their ashes scattered on the pitch - both options which aren't allowed under German law.

Reuters | July 30, 2008

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