Flowers was a regular player for England in the second half of the fifties and first half of the sixties, winning a total of 49 caps in an international career which started in 1955 and finished in 1966. Flowers featured at the 1962 World Cup, scoring 2 penalties in the group stage of the competition. Flowers gained his final England cap just weeks before the 1966 World Cup in a friendly win against Norway, and was subsequently named in Alf Ramsey's winning 22 man World Cup 1966 squad. Flowers was the oldest member of the squad at 32 years old, and the earliest capped player, however did not feature in any games. He was however close to featuring in the final itself after Jack Charlton caught a cold before the game. Ramsey told Flowers that if Charlton had not recovered by the morning then he would be in the team, however it turned out that Charlton was fit to play. Unfortunately this meant that Flowers was not awarded a winners medal for the tournament as at the time only those featuring in the actual final game would get one. On 10th June 2009, Flowers was amongst the 11 players who were awarded a winners medal at 10 Downing Street following a long campaign led by the FA for FIFA to award medals to all members of the squad.
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