West Brom boss Steve Clarke will not rest on his laurels after what he calls a "pleasing" first season in charge at the Hawthorns.
The Scot stepped up into his first permanent managerial role following spells as a coach when he replaced Roy Hodgson at the west Midlands club in June 2012.
With four games of the season remaining, West Brom have already exceeded their points tally for 2011/12 and look good to improve on last year's finishing position of 10th place in the Premier League.
But Clarke, who coached at Newcastle, Chelsea, West Ham and Liverpool before taking the reins at West Brom, has eyes on a strong finish to the season with his side currently lying in eighth position.
"It's been a pleasing season for me, given it's my first year in the hot seat," Clarke admits.
"We're on 48 points but if it stops now and we get no more points I'll be very, very disappointed.
"That's the kind of person I am. We can get more points from the last four games.
"I said in June I wanted 50 points. The problem is, if we win the next game we're on 51! So we need more goals after that. I want to be successful."
Achievement
The Baggies have twice climbed as high as third in the table, but following a mid-season dip in form they have recovered enough to leave Clarke with hopes of catching the club that dismissed him alongside manager Kenny Dalglish last summer.
He added: "I don't think anyone can accuse us of coasting - you could see the way they've played, the way they've chased matches, the effort they've shown.
"I'm aiming to finish higher. Whether we can catch Liverpool I don't know but finishing in the top eight is a good achievement."
The Millers, who were last promoted in 2000/01, ended a six-year stay in League Two by claiming second spot after their campaign ended with five successive wins.
And Stewart, who brought the club back to Rotherham last summer after a four-year stay in Sheffield, is looking to go straight through League One and return to the Championship.
"We are in it to win it. I don't see any difference between League One and League Two," he said.
"Yes, there will be better competition but we will go for it and my ambition is to win promotion at the first attempt.
"The opportunity to have the derbies and playing teams like Wolves is exciting. But when Steve (Evans) brought in the players he did we said it wasn't going to just be a League Two team, it was going to be a League One to Championship side that could hit the ground running.
"There will be a little tweaking. The manager is talking about one or two players but we have got the basis of a good team going into League One."
Evans was appointed into the Millers' hot-seat last April and became Stewart's fourth managerial appointment in four years. There were plenty of eyebrows raised when it was announced, but the chairman feels vindicated after the Scot delivered a third successive promotion.
"The reason I brought Steve in was because what we wanted was a manager that could get promotion," he added. "I looked at his CV and it told me this guy was a winner and he's proved that this is the case."
Wharton, who has been on the board at Glanford Park for over 20 years and been chairman for a decade, is leaving his position, with Peter Swann set to take up his role after joining the board on Monday.
Wharton leaves the Iron with them suffering the drop from League One this season.
"I made it clear to my colleagues on the Board at the end of last year that I had lost my drive and enthusiasm for the game and that we must have a new chairman," he said in a statement on the club's official website.
"I was persuaded to stay in office until the end of the season, primarily to avoid making our bankers nervous at a time when we were struggling for finance.
"The season has now ended and regrettably I bow out on a very low note.
"I have always done my utmost to make Scunthorpe United successful without compromising our long-term viability.
"Our club is well respected throughout the football world and it is only the savage cut in income caused by the drop from the Championship that has caused us to become somewhat insecure.
"Fortunately we have a strong balance sheet and with careful financial management we will regain our enviable reputation as a well-run club.
"My sincere thanks go to my fellow directors, all the staff and all our supporters for making my 20 years at the club so memorable."
