There was no announcement to let us all know it was his farewell with the Seagulls.
Certainly no guard of honour when he went on as sub after an hour. This isn’t the Etihad or Anfield.
Ideally, it would have been nice to have known for sure that this was not only his 300th game for the club but also his last.
The same goes for other out-of-contract players if it is already known they will be leaving.
It is understood the thinking behind the scenes was that the focus had to be all on the game itself.
A last-day Euro decider, the first such game at the Amex.
PHOTO BY LIZ FINLAYSON Solly March of Brighton celebrates after scoring during the Brighton and Hove Albion v Crystal Palace - Premier League match at The American Express Community Stadium 15th March 2023Solly March celebrates his winner against Crystal Palace (Image: Liz Finlayson)
We know now how it all fizzled out and that the result which mattered happened 200-plus miles away.
But, going into the game, it was seen as a massive match in its own right. Not a testimonial.
This wasn’t the end of 2023-24, when Roberto De Zerbi and Adam Lallana said goodbye.
Nor was it 2018-19, when Bruno made his emotional exit with the Seagulls marooned in 17th place.
So the reasoning makes sense. A huge shame in one way, a tribute to the progress made over the years by March and colleagues in another.
Solly March scores at Selhurst Park (Image: Simon Dack)
In the end, Senne Lammens' alert parry ensured he could not provide the sort of finish, left-footed from the right, we saw first in a friendly against Norwich 13 years ago.
Or at Southampton or Rotherham or (from further infield) at the old Griffin Park, Brentford.
Or against Norwich again, this time at Carrow Road with what turned out to be his 26th and last competitive goal for the club.
There was no late strike against United as he provided before the infamous after-time Bruno Fernandes penalty in lock-out times.
Certainly nothing as dramatic as his late leveller in the FA Cup quarter-final at Millwall or promotion-clincher at home to Wigan.
Nothing as historic as the carefully-placed curler which secured what remains Albion’s only win at Villa Park.
Nor could he miscue a cross like he did at Port Vale for his first senior goal (and at the aforementioned Millwall, come to that).
A carefully-placed winner at Villa Park (Image: BHAFC/Paul Hazlewood)
But he went out playing on the right, trying to score a goal for Europe in front of the North Stand as the fans sang his name.
March will be remembered for magic moments – including a sensational double against Liverpool at that end of the Amex on the day Jurgen Klopp applauded and doffed his cap to Roberto De Zerbi and his side.
The star of the show on the right wing rewarded himself with a burger in Portslade on his way home that Saturday night.
Of course there were injuries. Lower back, calf muscle, knee. Knee again.
He was working hard on the pre-season trip to Marbella last summer but his leg was thin, devoid of muscle which needed building up again.
Solly March fires home a fourth goalSolly March fires home his last goal for Albion, away to Norwich City (Image: Richard Parkes)
As a winger he is a talent and he is excited about showing those skills as part of a new challenge.
How managers will also remember him is as a winger who will defend.
Chris Hughton might have been the first to point that out, when he also had Anthony Knockaert, Kazenga LuaLua and Jamie Murphy as his options.
March was an example to others in that respect. When LuaLua tried to follow suit, he was booked five times in as many games.
Graham Potter took it to a new level by using him as wing-back, even full-back.
Cruelly, it was while under-taking defensive chores that he suffered his injury at the Etihad.
Gareth Southgate picked March for England and he started for the under-21s at the Amex, on the right side, as his skipper Bruno sat with fans in the West Lower and willed him on.
If it was known for sure that March would go after Sunday’s game, it is a shame there was no individual moment for him.
Equally, this was a match which meant a lot to the collective to which he has been a big contributor and it ended with a collective celebration.
The hope will be he can come back, like other players have done, on a matchday and enjoy a proper farewell. Surely that will happen.
But, if he is too busy with a new team to do that for a while, all the better.