penalties that he took for England. Although his last England cap came before the finals (a friendly win over Norway), he was a member of the squad that won the 1966 World Cup, being the oldest and earliest-capped member of the squad. Flowers narrowly missed out on playing in the final itself. Jack Charlton who was due to play, caught a cold on the eve of the West Germany match. Flowers was approached by his manager, Alf Ramsey, the night before the final and told that if Charlton had not recovered by the morning he was on. After a sleepless night, it turned out that Charlton was fine in the morning and, ultimately, Flowers never kicked a ball at the tournament. In the 1966 World Cup Final only the 11 players on the pitch at the end of the 4–2 win over West Germany received medals. Following a Football Association-led campaign to persuade FIFA to award medals to all the winners' squad members, Flowers was presented with his medal by Prime Minister Gordon Brown at a ceremony at 10 Downing Street on 10 June 2009. In an article in the England international Official Match-Day Programme for the World Cup qualifying match against Ukraine on 1 April 2009, Flowers was cited as England's best ever penalty taker (shared with Alan Shearer). He converted all six of the penalties he took for England. Personal life Flowers' younger brother, John Flowers, and his uncle, George Flowers both played over 100 games professionally for Doncaster Rovers. In March 2017, Flowers' grandson, Harry, was signed by Premier League side Burnley on a contract until June 2018. His sister-in-law is former darts World Champion Maureen Flowers, the wife of his brother John. He had a wife and two sons. Flowers was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to football. On 12 November 2021, it was announced that Flowers had died aged 87. Honours Wolverhampton Wanderers First Division: 1953–54, 1957–58, 1958–59; runners-up: 1954–55, 1959–60 FA Cup: 1959–60 FA Charity Shield: 1954 (shared), 1959, 1960 (shared) Second Division: runners-up 1966–67 England World Cup: 1966 References External links 1934 births 2021 deaths People from Edlington Footballers from Doncaster English footballers England international footballers England under-23 international footballers 1962 FIFA World Cup players 1966 FIFA World Cup players FIFA World Cup-winning players English Football League players Association football