Lynch will already be familiar to ‘Stoke fans who will remember him from his solitary game two seasons ago during the first expunged season where he scored on his debut in a 1-1 all draw with Willand Rovers whilst on loan from Vanarama National League South side Hungerford Town.

He is a bustling forward who loves getting in behind defenders and has a good scoring record.

He has also had loan spells with Fairford Town and at Thatcham where he made a more permanent move in 2020.

Basingstoke manager Dan Brownlie told https://btfc.co.uk: “We’re really pleased to get Conor over the line. We’ve held quite lengthy discussions with him over the course of the past few months, but we wanted to give him the freedom of thought to make a calculated decision – that was important to us, and him.

“Leaving Thatcham as skipper was not going to be an easy decision, and a lot of credit has to go to Yashwa Romeo and Jamie Leacock for continuing his clear development last season that saw him score 6 in 9 games. We’re really pleased to have him on board”.