How James Morrison responded to Wolves fans booing West Brom squad at Molineux

The West Bromwich Albion squad were welcomed by a small number of boos from Wolverhampton Wanderers fans on Sunday.

Despite high derby-day tensions, it didn't seem like too many Wolves fans bothered to make the Albion's arrival that hostile.

Three or four Wolves fans sang their usual anti-Baggies songs, while maybe a few more booed.

It was hardly the reception the West Brom squad were anticipating for the first Black Country Derby in front of fans at Molineux since the famous 5-1 win 14 years ago.

However, it did provoke a bit of a reaction from manager James Morrison, who played in five Black Country Derby games as a player for the Baggies.

Express & Star journalist Lewis Cox recorded the squad's arrival and revealed what he noticed about Morrison as he alighted the team bus.

James Morrison responds to timid Wolves fans

According to Cox, Morrison gave the Wolves fans a "wry smile" as he got off the coach at Molineux, before heading into the stadium.

He'd been to Molineux three times as a West Brom player, with the last time being when he bagged two assists in that six-goal thriller.

The former Scotland international tore Wolves to shreds on that day, and will be hoping to do the same on Sunday as he aims to keep his side's early promotion bid on track.

A victory for West Brom at Molineux will see them move up to at least second in the Championship standings.

If they win by four goals, like they did in 2012, they would go top.

What Morrison has said about Wolves ahead of kick-off

Even though Morrison is somewhat of a Black Country Derby veteran and is set to join a small club of people to have played and managed in the game, he thinks that Wolves boss Cesar Peixoto will still understand what the game is all about.

As quoted by the E&S, Morrison said: "I'm sure he's been in enough derby games throughout his career, so I'm sure he'll understand them just as much as me.”

The Baggies boss has also spoken highly about some of the home side's threats.

He said: "They have some exciting players in (Fer) Lopez and (Rodrigo) Gomes, (Mateus) Mane, a young player coming through, so we have to be right on our game defensively.”

Morrison also hinted that his experience in this fixture could help, as it makes him understand the implications of the result.

"I've been here long enough and in games like this before. I can feel the passion through everyone," he added.

"I believe these are the games you want to be involved in.

"The outcome can be really positive, for the players and myself you can cement special places with people with your performances and incidents in these games.”