WITH a weekend of international games upon us and the dates of Team GB's 2012 Olympics fixtures recently announced, we've put together a possible Great Britain line-up from each of the last four decades - with a Merseyside twist.

Each of the following sides contains only players who represented Everton or Liverpool during the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s or 2000s.

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1970s

Ray Clemence (England) - Liverpool, 1968-81

A bargain £18,000 buy from Scunthorpe United, Clemence was unfortunate to play in the same era as Peter Shilton but still won 61 caps for England as well as picking up five league championship and three European Cup medals, along with one each in FA and League Cups.

Tommy Wright (England) - Everton, 1966-74

Having joined the club as an apprentice, Wright made 373 appearances for the Blues in a decade at Goodison, winning FA Cup and league championship honours and playing 12 times for England, facing Brazil at the 1970 World Cup. George Best once described him as his most difficult opponent.

Alan Hansen (Scotland) - Liverpool, 1977-90

Hansen arrived from Partick Thistle for £100,000 and helped the club retain the European Cup in his first season, adding two more winners medals in 1981 and 1984. He also bagged eight league championship and four League Cup medals as well as captaining the club to their first League and FA Cup double in 1986.

Brian Labone (England) - Everton, 1958-71

Goodison legend Labone racked up 534 appearances for his beloved Everton, helping the club to two league titles and lifting the FA Cup as captain in 1966. That same year he withdrew from England's World Cup-winning squad before the tournament but still won 26 caps in an eight-year international career.

Joey Jones (Wales) - Liverpool, 1975-78

A boyhood Kopite, Jones arrived from Wrexham and quickly became a cult hero thanks to his ferocious tackling and clenched-fist salutes. He won two league titles and was part of the first Reds side to lift the European Cup, inspiring one of the most famous banners in Liverpool history at the Rome final, 'Joey Ate The Frogs Legs, Made The Swiss Roll, Now He's Munching Gladbach'.

Ian Callaghan (England) - Liverpool, 1960-78

Callaghan's Anfield career spanned the Second Division to European Cup glory, his appearance record of 857 games still standing as a club record. Domestically he won six league title medals and set up the winner for Ian St John to clinch Liverpool's first FA Cup win in 1965, also gaining four European winners medals (two UEFA Cup and two Champions Cups).

Martin Dobson (England) - Everton, 1974-78

Dobson made his England debut in 1974, the same year he arrived at Goodison from Burnley. He scored 29 times in an 189-game Everton career before returning to Turf Moor, taking his career appearance tally to over 400 for the Clarets before leaving for Bury in 1983.

Graeme Souness (Scotland) - Liverpool 1978-84

Souness signed from Middlesborough for a £352,000 fee that at the time was a record between two English clubs but he more than justified the club's outlay in a career that saw him pick up five league championship, three European Cup and four League Cup medals, his final act in a Red shirt being to captain to club to Treble glory in Rome before leaving for Sampdoria.

Bryan Hamilton (Northern Ireland), Everton 1976-77

Belfast-born Hamilton scored five times in a brief 41-game Everton career but wrote his name into Merseyside football folklore when his last-minute winner in the 1977 FA Cup semi-final against Liverpool was inexplicably disallowed by Welsh referee Clive Thomas, the Reds going on to win the replay at Maine Road. He won 50 caps for Northern Ireland and also led his country as national team coach between 1994 and 1998, his first job in management being at Tranmere Rovers in 1980.

Kenny Dalglish (Scotland), Liverpool 1977-90

Signed for a British record £440,000 to replace Kevin Keegan, Dalglish is widely regarded as the most iconic figure in Liverpool's history, scoring 172 goals in 515 appearances and helping inspire five league championships, three European Cups and four League Cups before taking over as player-manager in 1985. He scored the goal that sealed the league title in his first season in charge and finally added an FA Cup medal to his collection as the Double was clinched a week later at Wembley. Two further championships were added before his departure in 1991 and he returned to the club as manager in January 2011.

Bob Latchford (England), Everton 1974-81

Latchford's 138 goals in 268 appearances made him Everton's leading post-World War II goalscorer until Graeme Sharp took the accolade in 1989. Top scorer for six successive seasons at Goodison, his final day brace against Chelsea in 1978 gave him the two goals he needed to reach 30 league goals for the season and clinch a £10,000 prize from a national newspaper. That double strike also made him the first Everton player to achieve the feat in the top flight since Tommy Lawton in 1938-39.

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