Quote: Ruddy Duck "The present situation of clubs not playing home games at their own grounds and at different grounds has made the our game a farce, especially when you see all the football clubs are playing their home games at their own grounds, even the Latics who are in administration are playing at the DW Stadium.
And why play the Challenge Cup Final at a massive Wembley Stadium with no crowd when it might as well be played in the North Of England at a Stadium with a smaller capacity. In 1932, the final could not be held at Wembley and was played at Swinton, but at least there was a crowd.'"
I would assume that the cost of cancelling the booking of Wembley and hiring another venue was greater than the cost of playing at an empty but already booked Wembley. The loss of crowd money would be the same either way. Sticking with Wembley also lessens the possibility of fans of the competing finalists travelling to and gathering outside the stadium as they could more easily have done that for a final in the north.
The 1932 cup final was played at Central Park not Swinton. Swinton played in that final, losing to Leeds.
