AFTER the season finally comes to a close today, Middlesbrough's players will be jetting off to enjoy their summer holidays over the next few weeks, but there'll be no break for Tony Mowbray, who insists he is still as determined as ever to guide the Teessiders back to the Premier League.

The curtain comes down on another season in the Championship this afternoon when Boro head to relegation-threatened Sheffield Wednesday for their 12.45pm kick-off at Hillsborough.

After that, Mowbray's squad will go their separate ways for the summer, but the work won't stop for the Boro boss and his scouting team, who will continue their search for new players.

After a scouting mission to Europe last week, Mowbray will head out on more trips to run the rule over certain targets and admits that even while he is away on holiday, he will continue to work on potential deals.

"I'm away again this week, the staff are away watching lots and lots of games," the Boro boss said. "We're in a fortunate enough position that other leagues are running beyond the Championship - France, Spain, Holland, Belgium, they've all got play-off matches and a few weeks to go so there's people here still working very hard to see what is out there.

"We are out there looking at lots of different markets, free transfers, potential small signings, loans. But Sometimes the players you'd like on loan, the club aren't willing to let go.

"This job doesn't stop. The phone doesn't stop ringing whether it be your own chief executive or agents or managers asking questions. It doesn't stop whether you're away on holiday, sitting in your office or sitting at home at night, it doesn't stop. There's no break in the job really."

Mowbray has already warned supporters to be realistic when it comes to potential signings and it seems any business the Teessiders do this summer will be very much like it was 12 months ago.

They will target the free transfer and loan markets once again and if they do spend supporters can expect lower league signings similar to the likes of Emmanuel Ledesma and Mustapha Carayol, although players will have to be sold in order to fund such deals.

It's been another disappointing season for Boro, who despite sitting in the top three at Christmas, have slipped down the league after a wretched second half of the season and they could theoretically finish the season as low as 19th if they don't beat Wednesday and other results go against them.

Their failure to finish in a play-off position or better has led to Mowbray coming under fire from some sections of fans for the first time since he arrived at the club in 2010.

The Boro boss shares the supporters' frustrations, though, and insists what has happened this season has hit him the hardest.

However, the Saltburn-born manager is defiant and reveals he is as determined as he ever has been to succeed at his hometown club, despite the knocking he has taken over the last few months.

He said: "I'm not more determined. I'm as determined as I have been since I came here.

"I'd like to think I'm a pretty driven individual, who doesn't leave any stone unturned and ultimately we have to accept we weren't good enough as a group, management, players, everybody really, to achieve the goals that we wanted to achieve, but we will strive to be better and there's certain areas we need to strengthen.

"The bottom line is if we start next season as strongly as we started this season everyone will be happy. The key is to find the answers. To find out why we have dropped off over the last few years and try to resolve them around Christmas time and make sure we can push on instead of drop off.

"That's one of the issues to resolve in my mind. Regarding players we'll do our best to get what's available at what we can afford."

n Middlesbrough and Millwall fans are set to do battle for the fourth time to raise money for the Finlay Cooper Fund.

The two sets of fans from Colin Cooper's former clubs, will face each other at the New Den in a friendly charity match.

They first met at Eston Academy in 2006 where Millwall came out convincing winners. Boro won the second game 7-2 at the New Den in 2008 before the supporters shared the spoils in a 2-2 draw last May at the Riverside Stadium, with Dean Windass scoring both of Boro's goals.

The fourth match in the series will take place on Saturday, May 18 at the home of Millwall Football Club with former Boro players Colin Cooper and Peter Beagrie lining up alongside supporters with Millwall legends Neil Harris and Gary Alexander playing for the Lions.

There are only a few places left to play in the big match so if you wish to take part in the match then please contact organiser Andrew Clark (andrew.clark22@gmail.com) of Middlesbrough Supporters South via email or on twitter @BoroSouthFC for details.

A donation of £100 (45 minutes) or £200 (90 minutes) to the Finlay Cooper Fund is required. Every attempt will be made to play each player in one of their three preferred positions. Full Boro kits will be provided for the day and refreshments will be included afterwards.