England Telford made her senior international debut on 11 March 2007 as a substitute against
Scotland, having previously played at U17, U19, U21 and U23 levels. In May 2015,
Mark Sampson named Telford in his final squad for the
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, hosted in Canada. England eventually finished in third place, but Telford was disappointed to be the only member of the squad not to play any minutes at the tournament. In 2019, Telford was part of the England team that won the
SheBelieves Cup in the United States, playing two of the three games against
Brazil and
Japan. Later that year, Telford was called up by
Phil Neville to the
2019 World Cup squad. As part of England's
social-media facing squad announcement, her name was announced by Sports Presenter
Nicole Holliday. Having been included in England squads for the
2007 FIFA Women's World Cup,
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and
UEFA Women's Euro 2017 without getting to play, Telford finally got her first minutes at a major tournament on 14 June 2019, starting in England's second group game at the
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup against
Argentina. Telford was allotted 165 when the FA announced their legacy numbers scheme to honour the 50th anniversary of England’s inaugural international.
Great Britain On 18 June 2021, Telford was called up to replace the injured
Karen Bardsley for the delayed
2020 Summer Olympics. This was despite
Sandy MacIver being named on the standby list, as Telford had more international experience. However, she was an unused substitute, with
Ellie Roebuck playing all four matches, before being knocked out in the quarterfinals. ==Personal life==