Stayonyourfeet

#stayonyourfeet is a phrase and an Internet campaign. The phrase was first greatly emphasised by Ray Wilkins when Tottenham lost to Real Madrid 4-0 in the Champions League 2010-11 season. Being repeatedly used by Wilkins, United defender and England international Rio Ferdinand used it as a Twitter/Internet campaign.
By Ray Wilkins
The phrase, "STAY ON YOUR FEET, guys!", was used by Ray in the Champions League match between Real and Tottenham. He was the commentator and repeatedly said that to emphasise on the importance of staying on the feet and not fly so quickly into tackles. The first player to receive that shout-out during the commentary was Tottenham's striker, Peter Crouch, who was booked for lunging into a quick tackle. Again, when Crouch was sent off, Wilkins shouted it again. The phrase soon sparked and it was relatively popular on social networking website Twitter.
By Rio Ferdinand
After the win over Chelsea, Ferdinand slipped the phrase in an interview, discovering the phrase from Twitter, and it went like this - United manager Ferguson asked Ferdinand, "You don't like my jacket, do you?" and he replied, "Not really, no. But if it helps you stay on your feet it's alright."
He sported a red "Stay On Your Feet t-shirt, which was at first gifts to new signings of United (e.g. David de Gea, Ashley Young and Phil Jones), as he said on Twitter.
When in the US he tweeted that Boston was too hot, and he tagged it with: "How do you guys #stayonyourfeet here?" Shortly after, he released white T-shirts, for both adults and children, with the "Stay On Your Feet" logo, designed by Ferdinand himself, printed on the front. At the back, was his Twitter username "@rioferdy5", but he then stated a name and a number could be printed on the back.
Other usage
On Twitter and the Internet, the phrase has been widely used for, other than football, golf, rugby and American football. It has also been used as a motivating comment, "Stay on your feet and go on!" is an example.
During the Champions League match at Old Trafford between Chelsea and United, when Ferdinand seemed to have re-injured his calf, United fans shouted "STAY ON YOUR FEET, Rio!" as motivation and Ferdinand got up to play on.

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