Editing Wembley Stadium (1923) (section)

===Greyhound racing===
{{main|Wembley Greyhounds}}
Wembley was a regular venue for [[Greyhound racing in the United Kingdom|greyhound racing]]. It was the first sport Sir [[Arthur Elvin]] introduced to the stadium.<ref name=RG1>{{cite book|last=Genders|first=Roy|title=The Encyclopedia of Greyhound Racing|year=1981|pages=77–83|publisher=Pelham Books Ltd|isbn=07207-1106-1}}</ref> The opening meeting was in 1927.<ref name=JB>{{cite book|last=Barnes|first=Julia|title=Daily Mirror Greyhound Fact File|pages =140–144|year=1988|publisher=Ringpress Books|isbn=0-948955-15-5}}</ref><ref name=ind>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/magnificent-monument-to-vision-of-one-man-637502.html|title=Magnificent monument to vision of one man|last=Harris|first=Neil|date= 6 October 2000| work =[[The Independent]]|access-date= 29 September 2008 }}</ref> The greyhound racing provided the stadium with its main source of regular income, especially in the early decades, and continued to attract crowds of several thousand up until the early 1960s.<ref name=RG1/> The stadium staged its last greyhound race meeting in December 1998 with the owners, the [[Greyhound Racing Association]], citing economic reasons and the lack of plans for a greyhound track in the stadium's redevelopment.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Williams|first1=Richard|title=Greyhound racing: Hounded out after a 71-year run|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/greyhound-racing-hounded-out-after-a-71year-run-1191954.html|website=independent.co.uk|date=23 October 2011|access-date=19 November 2014}}</ref>

Two of the biggest events in the greyhound racing calendar were the [[The St Leger - Greyhounds|St Leger]] and [[Trafalgar Cup]].<ref name=JB/> Both were originally held at Wembley, the St Leger from 1928 until 1998 after which it moved to [[Wimbledon Stadium]] and the Trafalgar Cup from 1929 until 1998 after which it moved to [[Oxford Stadium]]. In 1931 the famous greyhound [[Mick the Miller]] won the St Leger.<ref name=RG1/>

Wembley's owners' refusal to cancel the regular greyhound racing meant that the match between [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]] and [[France national football team|France]] in the [[1966 FIFA World Cup]] was played at [[White City Stadium|White City]].<ref name=RG1/>