Poignant return to Western Sydney for Perth's Popa

FILE PHOTO: Western Sydney Wanderers soccer team coach Tony Popovic laughs at the team's training facility at Rooty Hill in the western suburbs of Sydney, October 21, 2014. REUTERS/Jason Reed/File Photo

SYDNEY (Reuters) - If anyone deserves a warm welcome from Western Sydney Wanderers fans it is probably Tony Popovic but the Perth Glory boss is uncertain what kind of reception he will receive when he returns for the first time as the coach of the opposition on Sunday.

Part of the reason for his uncertainty might be the distinctive fan culture that developed in Western Sydney during the remarkably successful early years of the A-League expansion club under Popovic's management.