Editing Jon Stead (section)

===Huddersfield Town===
Stead began his career with home town club Huddersfield Town where he came through the club's academy. He made his league debut for [[Huddersfield Town A.F.C.|Huddersfield Town]], as a nineteen-year-old against [[Brentford F.C.|Brentford]] on 10 August 2002 coming as a 69th-minute substitute in the 2–0 loss on the opening day of the season. In total Stead made 42 league appearances scoring six goals in the 2002–03 season.<ref name="courant"/>

He scored four goals in three games at the start of the [[2003–04 in English football|2003–04 season]], igniting interest from larger clubs. Two goals came in Town's opening game of the 2003–04 season in their 2–2 draw at home to [[Cambridge United F.C.|Cambridge United]]. Stead went on to score two goals in a game on three further occasions for the Terriers during the first part of the 2003–04 season, with his other braces coming against [[Northampton Town F.C.|Northampton Town]] on 13 September in a 3–0 home win, in a dramatic 3–3 away draw at [[Mansfield Town F.C.|Mansfield Town]] on 22 November and then again in a 3–1 home win over [[Doncaster Rovers F.C.|Doncaster Rovers]] on 3 January 2004.

He scored 18 goals for Huddersfield in 2003–04, with 16 of them coming in the league, before moving to [[Premier League]] side [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]] in the January transfer window. His last game for Huddersfield came in their 2–0 win over [[Boston United F.C.|Boston United]] on 17 January 2004.<ref name="courant"/>

Stead returned to collect his Play-offs Winners' Medal with Huddersfield Town while he was playing for Blackburn Rovers. He appeared on the pitch celebrating the team he supported as a boy and his hometown club's win. After this he said, "I've moved on, but I know I won't find a friendlier place than this club".