I've had a quick scan through the Football League regulations and this is what I pulled out...
Playing Surface Standard
The playing surface shall be grass and must be of a high standard, as defined by Football
League Regulations.
1 Ground Maintenance
The club is to be responsible for the maintenance of the pitch and for the general
maintenance of the ground, including (but not limited to) ground safety. The club must
ensure that adequate arrangements are in place to maintain its pitch in good order, as
required under Regulation 13.
13.4 Each Club shall take all reasonable steps to maintain its pitch in good order. The Executive
may require a Club to take such steps as the Executive shall specify if not satisfied that an
adequate standard of pitch is being maintained, including but not limited to the Executive
commissioning an independent report on the state of the pitch by a Club, the cost of such
independent report to be borne by the Club concerned.
25.4 When a League Match is postponed or abandoned the Visiting Club shall be entitled to
receive from the Home Club out of the gate of either game, one set of travelling and/or hotel
expenses (at the rate and as determined by the Executive from time to time) necessarily
incurred by a party not exceeding twenty two and which in the opinion of the Executive are
caused solely by the postponement or abandonment. This amount shall be a charge against
the gate when calculating the 3% Pool under Article 56.1.
28.1 Any Club failing to fulfil its fixture obligations in respect of any match under the jurisdiction of
The League on the appointed date or dates or causing the Board to suspend any fixture shall
be deemed guilty of misconduct, unless the circumstances giving rise to such failure are
outside the control of the Club and could not have been reasonably foreseen or reasonably
anticipated and remedied prior to the match. Every Club shall carry out regular and
appropriate maintenance and checks to ensure that its safety certificate is not suspended or
withdrawn.
