Editing Jon Stead (section)

===Sunderland===
During his time at [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]] Stead scored two goals, the first of which was on 1 April 2006 against [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] at [[Goodison Park]] in a 2–2 draw,<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/4842426.stm
|title=Everton 2–2 Sunderland
|publisher=[[BBC]]
|date=1 April 2006 |access-date=24 October 2009}}</ref> breaking his duck of 11 months without a goal. He scored his second Sunderland goal in the 3–1 defeat to [[Southend United F.C.|Southend United]] at [[Roots Hall]] on 19 August 2006.<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/4786437.stm
|title=Southend 3–1 Sunderland
|publisher=[[BBC]]
|date=19 August 2006 |access-date=24 October 2009}}</ref>

On 13 October 2006, he completed a loan move to [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]]<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/6044644.stm Stead makes loan switch to Derby], BBC Sport, 13 October 2006</ref> and after failing to find the back of the net in his first 6 games, he finally broke his Derby duck with the first goal in a 2–1 win away at [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]] on 11 November. He followed that goal with the opener in a 2–0 win at [[Luton Town F.C.|Luton Town]] to make it two in eight appearances and then again went on to bag Derby's first in the 1–0 home win against [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]]. He was nominated for Powerade Player of the Month as a result of his form at Derby in November.