Original: For the past three seasons they have failed to gain promotion back to the top tier as they finished 7th in 2005 06, 3rd in 2006 07 and 2nd in 2007 08.
Simplified: For the past three seasons they have failed to gain promotion back to the top tier as they finished 7th in 2005-2006, 3rd in 2006-2007 and 2nd in 2007-2008.