Administrator Kris Wigfield, who is leading the search for new ownership, said supporters have already spent more than £500,000 on tickets and in the club shop.
For Ms Deaton the response has been “very humbling”.
She said during the most recent difficult period fans had stopped by to bring food parcels, sweet treats, drinks and to make sure staff were okay.
“I can’t even put into words how every single one of us are so grateful and we all want to say [a] really heartfelt thank you because you think a football club’s about the players and they weren’t really bothered about us but we were wrong, so wrong,” she said.
She added: “Some of the players didn’t take their wages until we got ours. You would never expect that.”
Having started at the club shop when she was 18, Ms Deaton said it had always felt like more than “just a job”, with supporters often dropping by to share pictures of their holidays or grandchildren.