Harry Beautyman scored twice as Sutton United eased to a convincing opening day win at Hartlepool.
The midfielder glanced in a header from Dale Bennett's pinpoint cross to open the scoring, but Hartlepool responded, with Nicke Kabamba's 20-yard shot coming back off a post.
But Sutton doubled their lead when Beautyman drilled a low shot past Ben Killip following good play from Tom Bolarinwa.
Pools pulled a goal back on the stroke of half-time when Gime Toure cut in from the right, beat a defender and drove the ball into the bottom corner.
Young Hartlepool defender Kenton Richardson left the field on a stretcher with 20 minutes remaining, and Kabamba screwed a shot wide shortly after.
Jason Kennedy saw an effort blocked by Sutton goalkeeper Jamie Butler, but the visitors sealed the points in stoppage-time through Will Randall's neat finish following a swift counter-attack.
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