Solly March has had better anniversaries.

Two years to the day after scoring the goal which clinched promotion, the Hailsham boy will have spent yesterday wondering about avoiding relegation.

But the winger is adamant Albion can still save their top-flight lives, starting with a win at Wolves.

It was April 17, 2017, when March fired home in front of the South Stand to secure the 2-1 win over Wigan which took the Seagulls up.

On the eve of the anniversary, he was the one Albion player to be put forward for press interviews in rather more grim circumstances.

Come to that, he was arguably the one attacking Albion player who caused Cardiff any discomfort as the Seagulls’ relegation worries deepened.

He counter-attacked too, albeit in his quietly-spoken way, as the questions came in – about form, the run-in and the team’s immediate future.

March was asked whether there was belief in the Albion changing room that they can stay up.

“Yes, definitely. Of course.”

But isn’t the momentum now with Cardiff?

“It probably is, you are probably right. We need to find a way to turn that around. Saturday is the chance to do that.”

Could they get an away win against one of the three top-half teams they must still visit?

“Why not? We need to get a win away from home.

“We have Wolves on Saturday and I think that is a chance to get a win. Hopefully we can get this behind us in training and go from there.”

The atmosphere generated by Albion fans plus the build-up in-house gave the Cardiff game the feel of a play-off.

That was all commendable although the rallying messages from the top seemed to be a contrast to, for example, the big game at home to Manchester United last May, when the emphasis was put on keeping everything as ordinary and routine as possible.

But we know how Albion have fared in play-offs and similar high-stakes matches, such as those at the end of their last two Championship campaigns.

They were a bit like the student who maintains a high year-long standard in coursework but finds it all goes to wrong, for various reasons including luck, on entering the exam hall at the end of term.

On Tuesday, Albion were bright and purposeful for a while but the only real test for Cardiff keeper Neil Etheridge was the sliding tackle he produced outside his penalty area to thwart Glenn Murray.

March said: “We had a few half-chances and, on another day, if we go 1-0 up, it’s a different story. It didn’t happen today.”

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Asked what the plan was against the Bluebirds, he explained: “They man-mark all across the pitch.

“We had to get in down the wings and use the spaces to get out wide, which we tried to do at the start of the game.

“But when the header goes in (to make it 2-0), it’s difficult to get into the game.

“The atmosphere was good at the start, even when we were 1-0 and 2-0 down.

“The crowd roared us off at half-time. I think they knew they had to get behind us, rather than get on our backs.

“On another day, if they stay behind us, things will change.”

So we move on to another memory-jogger – Molineux at Easter.

That was the stage where, on a cold and wet Good Friday two years ago, Anthony ‘Box Office’ Knockaert scored twice to ease Albion to the brink of the Premier League.

Wolves were meandering at the time – 16th in the Championship.

So much has changed for the Black Country outfit in those two years.

But what about Albion? Does the spirit which saw them win games like that, when they were not always the better side, still exist?

Is it too easy to put it down to spirit? Is the squad actually good enough?

Another quirk of timing saw Liam Rosenior, a member of the promotion-winning squad, appearing live on Sky Sports at about the time Albion’s misery was being completed by Cardiff.

He spoke of the strength in the Albion changing room which can still see them grab another precious result at Molineux.

But, tellingly, he also mentioned important characters who have moved on.

Rosenior said: “I’ve got no doubt that is a strong dressing room with some strong leaders.

“They will go to Wolves and give absolutely everything.

“I have got no doubt. I have so much confidence in them the they will do it.

“I thought Saturday (against Bournemouth) was a wake-up call for the club. This is a huge wake-up call.”

Looking back to the class of 2017, he added: “We lost a lot of key players, maybe not even on the pitch.

Steve Sidwell, Uwe Huenemeier who didn’t play much but was a huge part in that dressing room.

“Keeping that culture is so important.”

So is having quality – which is why Rosenior (below) picked out the return of Pascal Gross as potentially key.

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The German playmaker was injured when setting up an open goal for Glenn Murray at Leicester in February and had not been seen in action since until Tuesday.

Rosenior said: “Having Pascal Gross back is huge.

“He is the most creative player in our club “We have missed him for huge parts of the season.

“We lost Pascal and all of a sudden we don’t have that natural No.10.

“When you are a team in Brighton’s position – this is only our second season in the Premier League – you need your best players fit. Jose (Izquierdo) as well – a massive part of our wide threat with his pace and directness.

“We have lost him for huge parts of the season.

“When you are losing your attacking weapons, it is very difficult for a team in that bottom ten to go on a run of results.

“Pascal is going to be huge now for the rest of the season.”

He needs to be. Gross, who spoke of second-season syndrome even when he signed his new deal last summer on a flying visit back from Germany, needs to play as he did in his first.

March knows that as much as anyone.

Asked what it all means to the club, he said: “We want to stay in the Premier League. It’s beneficial for everyone. That is the aim.”