RubiScore Favorites Explained: Questions Answered on Building a Personal Football Feed
A football favorites feed is one page that shows only the matches, teams, competitions and players a fan has chosen to follow. RubiScore builds this feed on its Favorites page. The questions below explain what can be followed, how a follow is added, how the feed is arranged and how to keep it useful.
Every interface detail here was checked on 2 November 2026 at https://rubiscore.com, on the homepage, the Favorites page, a club page, a league page and the FAQ. Layouts change, so treat the labels quoted below as a snapshot. The FAQ states that everything on RubiScore is currently free.
What Is the Favorites Page?
The Favorites page lives at the /favorites path and opens from a header icon labelled "My favourites". RubiScore describes it in one line: "Matches, teams, competitions and players you follow — all in one feed."
The idea is filtering, not new data. The same live scores, results and fixtures appear elsewhere on the site. The Favorites page shows only the parts a user has picked. On a busy matchday the main score list can run to hundreds of fixtures across many countries. A feed built from a short list of follows cuts that down to the matches that matter to one person.
What Can Be Followed?
Four kinds of object can be followed. Each has its own empty-state message on the page, and those messages say what a follow is for:
- Matches: "Tap the star on any match to keep it here for quick access." This suits a single fixture, such as a derby or a cup tie involving a club the user does not usually follow.
- Teams: "Follow a club or national team to track their fixtures and form." National teams are included, which matters during international breaks.
- Competitions: "Follow leagues and cups to see their live matches and tables." The tab for this group is labelled Leagues, but the wording covers cups too.
- Players: "Follow players to track their live ratings and performances." This links the feed to the platform's own match ratings.
The explanatory text on the page gives examples of each kind: Liverpool and West Ham United as clubs, the Premier League, LaLiga and the UEFA Champions League as competitions, and Kevin De Bruyne as a player.
How Is a Favorite Added or Removed?
The control is a star. On the empty page the prompt reads: "Browse matches and competitions, then tap the star to build your personalized feed." A "Browse matches" button leads back to the homepage.
Where the star appeared on the pages checked:
- Homepage match list: beside individual match rows in the daily list.
- Club page: a Favorite control on the Arsenal club page.
- League page: a Favorite control on the Premier League page.
The interface text includes "Add to favorites" and "Remove from favorites". After a removal it shows "Removed" with an "Undo" option, so a mistaken tap can be reversed. A player page was not opened for this check, so the exact position of the player star is not described here, although the Favorites page lists players as followable.
Do You Need an Account to Use Favorites?
The sign-in panel reads: "Sign in to follow matches, players and competitions." The sign-up version reads: "Track favourites, get live alerts, and personalise your feed." The panel offers Apple, Google, Facebook and email.
The interface therefore presents signing in as the way to follow things. The FAQ lists the question "Do I need an account to use RubiScore?", but no answer appeared on the checked page. Two questions stay open as of the check date:
- Whether follows saved without signing in are kept, and for how long.
- Whether a feed built on the website appears in the iOS and Android apps, which are linked from the site footer.
Signing in before building a long list is the safer choice, because it is the route the interface itself describes.
How Is the Feed Organised?
The page has five tabs: All, Matches, Teams, Leagues and Players. Each shows a count of saved items. On an empty account all five showed zero. The count is a quick check that a tap actually saved something.
The interface text also contains three time labels: "Live now", "Today" and "Upcoming & results". They suggest that matches in the feed are grouped by when they happen, with live play first. Because the checked account had no follows, this grouping was not seen with real fixtures, so read it as the likely layout, not a confirmed one.
When a tab is empty, it shows a short message such as "No teams followed" or "Nothing saved here yet." A blank Players tab therefore means nothing has been saved in that group. It does not mean coverage is missing.
How Many Things Should a Fan Follow?
There is no stated limit, and the right number depends on the use. A feed works best when every item earns its place. One way to build it is in layers:
- Core: one or two clubs followed as teams. A team follow is described as tracking fixtures and form, and the Arsenal club page checked listed league, cup and European matches together.
- Context: the competitions those clubs play in, followed for live matches and tables. This shows rivals' results next to the core club's.
- Individuals: a few players whose minutes or ratings matter, such as a loan player, a national-team call-up or a fantasy pick.
- One-offs: single matches starred for a day, then removed once they finish.
The common mistake is following whole competitions on impulse. Following three big leagues brings back much of the noise the feed was meant to remove. A useful test before tapping the star: will this item still be useful in a month?
How Do Favorites Differ From Alerts?
A feed is pulled: the user opens the page to see what has happened. An alert is pushed: a notification arrives when something happens. The FAQ groups the two under one heading, "favourites and alerts", and the sign-up text names live alerts next to favourites. The answers under that heading were not shown on the checked page, though.
So the details of how a follow connects to notifications, such as which events trigger an alert and whether each follow can be set separately, are not confirmed here. In practice, the feed is for checking in, and alerts are for moments a fan does not want to miss. RubiScore's notification system has its own logic, and it is best set up after the list of follows is settled.
Which Use Cases Suit a Favorites Feed?
Five situations where a short, deliberate feed beats the full score list:
- The multi-league weekend. A fan follows a home-town club, a club abroad and one women's team. The feed shows all three on one screen, without paging through each country.
- The loan watch. A supporter follows a young player out on loan. The player's ratings and appearances stay visible even though the loan club is not one the supporter would otherwise track.
- The international break. Following a national team keeps its qualifiers and friendlies in view while club football pauses.
- The cup tie. A starred single match, such as a lower-league side against a top-flight club, sits in the feed for one day without a lasting follow.
- The fantasy check. A handful of followed players gives a quick view of who started and how they were rated before any changes are made.
In each case, check that the right entity was followed. As with any data platform, a club's first team, under-19 side and women's team can be separate entries. A star on the wrong one fills the feed with the wrong fixtures.
What Are the Common Misconceptions?
- "Favorites contains extra data." It shows the same scores, results and fixtures found elsewhere on the site. Only the selection differs.
- "An empty tab means no coverage." It means nothing has been saved in that group yet.
- "Following a league covers every match a club plays." A league follow is described in terms of that competition's matches and tables. A team follow is the more natural route to a club's cup and continental fixtures.
- "A follow is the same as an alert." The feed has to be opened. Alerts are a separate, linked topic in the FAQ.
- "Following more items makes the feed better." Past a point, it rebuilds the noise of the full list.
Final Thought
The Favorites page turns a worldwide score list into a short personal one, built star by star from matches, teams, competitions and players. The most useful feeds are small, layered and reviewed now and then. Signing in first, checking that each star landed on the right entity and pruning one-off matches keeps the feed doing its job.
