Thomas had only moved to the Peacocks in October having been released by Vanarama National League North side Gloucester City the previous month.

The 22-year-old was originally with Westfields before signing for town neighbours Hereford United in 2013.

He joined Cheltenham Town in 2013 and signed his first professional deal in May 2017.

Prior to this, Thomas enjoyed a short-term loan spell with Southern Division One Central outfit North Leigh towards the end of the 2016/17 campaign.

Thomas went onto make his first-team debut for the Robins during their EFL Trophy tie against Swansea City under-23s in 2017.

In September 2017, Thomas returned to North Leigh on loan until January 2018.

At the start of 2018/19, after being released by Cheltenham, Thomas signed for Gloucester.

Manager Scott Bartlett told his club`s website: “We have targeted Josh for some time. He is powerful and versatile so will be a perfect fit for us. He also has a connection to four others in our squad from Gloucester so will settle in well.

“We were just unable to get things sorted recently prior to him signing for Taunton but things change quickly in football and an opportunity came up for us over the last day or so. I’d like to thank Kevin Sturmey for helping us get it all sorted so quickly.

“We have a lot of games coming up – we think the addition of Marlon Jackson and Josh will help us”.