By Liam Kennedy

BACK AT YOU: Liam Noble celebrates Pools’ equaliser, right, just a minute after going behind
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MATTHEW Bates feels referee Alan Dale was conned for Maidstone’s penalty opener as the Stones and Hartlepool had to settle for a point in their season curtain-raiser.
Blair Turgott opened the scoring from the spot shortly before the break before Liam Noble levelled up for Pools less than 60 seconds later.
And Bates feels Ollie Muldoon “dived” to win the penalty that Turgott so confidently slotted home.
“Their goal is a d...