article_snippet: Jon Stead had only just handed his peg in the Huddersfield Town dressing-room in.
article_snippet: Jon Stead was grounded.
article_snippet: Eight months on, however, and it is Jon Stead who is flying.
article_snippet: After that I just needed that chance to go and play and unleash Jon Stead.
article_snippet: Jon Stead was Bristol City’s player of the year in 2011-12, despite playing only six hours of football before the end of February.
article_snippet: Jon Stead has five goals and three assists in the FA Cup this season.
article_snippet: Only Saido Berahino (five goals, four assists) was in October that Jon Stead journeyed north across the M62 and joined the League One Bantams.
article_snippet: Within a few weeks Jon Stead was scoring the goal which, on reflection, Jon Stead admits could prove the most important of them all.
article_snippet: Phil Parkinson’s side were trailing 1-0 at Halifax in the First Round and had barely laid a finger on the Conference outfit when Jon Stead pounced to level in the second half.
article_snippet: It’s incredible to be on this scoring run, but the goal everyone forgets is the one at Halifax - without that we might not be here now,’ Jon Stead says.
article_snippet: It was then that Jon Stead drilled home from the edge of the area.
article_snippet: Without that I think the game would have drifted away,’ Jon Stead says.
article_snippet: Not only was it a crucial goal but it was nice to prove a point,’ Jon Stead says.
article_snippet: The goal marked the 100th of Stead’s career.
article_snippet: Stead was mocked for Stead strike rate at Sunderland (right) but proved a point with a goal against Stead old club .
highlights_snippet: Jon Stead could extend Jon Stead run of scoring in every round against Reading .
  