Albion marksman Glenn Murray will not celebrate if he scores against his old club Crystal Palace in tomorrow night's long-awaited derby at the Amex.

Murray did not celebrate when he was on target for Palace at the Amex in September 2011, four months after the Seagulls let him leave on a free transfer.

Murray, who suffered serious knee damage when the rivals met in the Championship play-offs the following season, will adopt the same stance if he strikes in the first top flight clash between the clubs since 1981.

He said: "I had some great years at Palace, got supported really well by the fans. They were patient with me in my first year and throughout my injury. They welcomed me back with open arms when I had been out on loan at Reading.

"Through having four or five fantastic years there, I wouldn't celebrate, no."

Murray, speaking to Seagulls TV, believes some Albion fans will never forgive him for joining Palace - even though then manager Gus Poyet no longer wanted him.

"It's difficult to change people's perception of you," Murray said. "I would like to think the goals have done it but there are still the people out there that still doubt me and just don't like me for that one reason - that I joined a rival club.

"When you move clubs you think about every scenario but in my situation with both transfers, going up to Palace and, in a round about way coming back to Brighton, neither Brighton or Palace wanted me.

"So it was the decision of the hierarchy really. If I had been wanted by Brighton before I left I wouldn't have signed for Crystal Palace and if I had been wanted by Crystal Palace I would never have left for Bournemouth and ended up back here.

"As far as I am concerned I just want to play games, score as many goals as possible, where ever that may be."