 He helped the club to win promotion out of the Southern Football League via the play-offs in 2006, but resigned later that year following a poor run of results in the Conference South.He spent October 2007 to August 2011 as assistant manager at Hinckley United, before returning to Bedford Town as manager between 2011 and 2013.Platnauer was born in Leicester but moved to Bedford as a youngster, where began his career with his local side Bedford Town.