Violence mars Wolves' victory over West Brom in FA Cup

Crowd trouble marred Wolves' 2-0 FA Cup victory over local rivals West Brom as play was halted due to violence in stands on Sunday.

Referee Thomas Bramall halted play late in the second half at the Hawthorns as fans spilt on to the pitch after fighting had broken out at one end of the stadium.

Play resumed after a delay of 38 minutes and the final 12 minutes of the match concluded with no further incidents.

Wolves were leading 2-0 when projectiles were hurled on to one end of the pitch in the 82nd minute, sparking a brawl.

Fans spilled on to the pitch, prompting players to leave the field. When players returned and the match resumed, with the clock reset to 77 minutes 10 seconds, the time that Matheus Cunha had scored Wolves' second goal.

Pedro Neto had scored in the first half for Wolverhampton who booked their berth in the fifth round with the victory.

"Of course we are disappointed with any type of incident like that," West Brom manager Carlos Corberan told ITV. "Unfortunately, the game was interrupted by this incident and now, we are unable to talk about the atmosphere our fans created, we can't talk about this aspect. We are totally disappointed by this.

"Everything before the incident was unbelievable, between both clubs it was very special and incidents like that we need to avoid."

Wolves manager Gary O'Neil called the disturbance "really disappointing".

"Up until that point it was a good tie with good atmosphere," O'Neil told ITV. "How people behave at football is really important and we need to look at that, make sure everyone is safe. When we came back out the atmosphere had gone, it was really sad to see."

The ugly scenes came in the first meeting between the bitter rivals with fans allowed in 12 years. The